#53A7BC#53A7BC

#53A7BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.087 H 216.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A7BC
RGB	rgb(83, 167, 188)
HSL	hsl(192, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(192, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 11.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.25, -19.41, -18.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.25, 26.84, 223.68°)
OKLab	oklab(68.41% -0.0698 -0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(68.41% 0.087 216.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.4595, 33.1048, 52.5627)
Luminance	0.3311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A7BC #BC6853

analogous

#53BC9C #53A7BC #5372BC

triadic

#53A7BC #BC53A7 #A7BC53

tetradic

#53A7BC #9C53BC #BC6853 #72BC53

square

#53A7BC #9C53BC #BC6853 #72BC53

split-complementary

#53A7BC #BC5372 #BC9C53

monochromatic

#2A5E6B #3B8597 #53A7BC #7FBECD #ABD4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#53A7BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#53A7BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A7BC

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A7BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A7BC	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A2BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8997BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a7bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 167, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.087 216.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc1d0',
    500: '#53a7bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a7bc;
$custom-light: #8cc1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a7bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68413,
    "c": 0.0867,
    "h": 216.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A7BC

secondary

#CCA89F

accent

#6E54D4

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A7BC

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

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