#53A8BC#53A8BC

#53A8BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.087 H 215.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A8BC
RGB	rgb(83, 168, 188)
HSL	hsl(191, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(191, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 10.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.54, -19.93, -18.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.54, 26.92, 222.22°)
OKLab	oklab(68.65% -0.071 -0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(68.65% 0.087 215.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.6434, 33.4726, 52.6240)
Luminance	0.3347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A8BC #BC6753

analogous

#53BC9C #53A8BC #5373BC

triadic

#53A8BC #BC53A8 #A8BC53

tetradic

#53A8BC #9C53BC #BC6753 #73BC53

square

#53A8BC #9C53BC #BC6753 #73BC53

split-complementary

#53A8BC #BC5373 #BC9C53

monochromatic

#2A5F6B #3B8597 #53A8BC #7FBECD #ABD5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#53A8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#53A8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A8BC

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A8BC	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA3BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A97BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 168, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.087 215.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc2d0',
    500: '#53a8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a8bc;
$custom-light: #8cc2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.429,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6865,
    "c": 0.08687,
    "h": 215.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A8BC

secondary

#CCA79F

accent

#6C54D4

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A8BC

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

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