#53A7BB#53A7BB

#53A7BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.086 H 215.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A7BB
RGB	rgb(83, 167, 187)
HSL	hsl(192, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(192, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 10.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.21, -19.70, -18.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.21, 26.71, 222.47°)
OKLab	oklab(68.37% -0.0702 -0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(68.37% 0.086 215.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3521, 33.0618, 51.9969)
Luminance	0.3306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A7BB #BB6753

analogous

#53BB9B #53A7BB #5373BB

triadic

#53A7BB #BB53A7 #A7BB53

tetradic

#53A7BB #9B53BB #BB6753 #73BB53

square

#53A7BB #9B53BB #BB6753 #73BB53

split-complementary

#53A7BB #BB5373 #BB9B53

monochromatic

#2A5D6A #3B8496 #53A7BB #7FBDCC #ABD4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#53A7BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#53A7BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A7BB

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A7BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A7BB	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A2BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8997BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a7bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 167, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.086 215.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc1cf',
    500: '#53a7bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a7bb;
$custom-light: #8cc1cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a7bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.538,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68373,
    "c": 0.08619,
    "h": 215.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A7BB

secondary

#CBA79E

accent

#6D55D3

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A7BB

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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