#53A9BC#53A9BC

#53A9BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.087 H 214.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A9BC
RGB	rgb(83, 169, 188)
HSL	hsl(191, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(191, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 10.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.84, -20.45, -17.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.84, 27.01, 220.78°)
OKLab	oklab(68.89% -0.0721 -0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(68.89% 0.087 214.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.8287, 33.8433, 52.6858)
Luminance	0.3385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A9BC #BC6653

analogous

#53BC9A #53A9BC #5374BC

triadic

#53A9BC #BC53A9 #A9BC53

tetradic

#53A9BC #9A53BC #BC6653 #74BC53

square

#53A9BC #9A53BC #BC6653 #74BC53

split-complementary

#53A9BC #BC5374 #BC9A53

monochromatic

#2A5F6B #3B8697 #53A9BC #7FBFCD #ABD5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#53A9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#53A9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A9BC

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A9BC	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA4BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B98BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 169, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.087 214.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc2d0',
    500: '#53a9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a9bc;
$custom-light: #8cc2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.857,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68887,
    "c": 0.08707,
    "h": 214.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A9BC

secondary

#CCA79F

accent

#6B54D4

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A9BC

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

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