#53A9BD#53A9BD

#53A9BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.088 H 215.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A9BD
RGB	rgb(83, 169, 189)
HSL	hsl(191, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(191, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 10.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.87, -20.16, -18.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.87, 27.12, 221.99°)
OKLab	oklab(68.93% -0.0717 -0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(68.93% 0.088 215)
XYZ	xyz(26.9369, 33.8865, 53.2554)
Luminance	0.3389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A9BD #BD6753

analogous

#53BD9C #53A9BD #5374BD

triadic

#53A9BD #BD53A9 #A9BD53

tetradic

#53A9BD #9C53BD #BD6753 #74BD53

square

#53A9BD #9C53BD #BD6753 #74BD53

split-complementary

#53A9BD #BD5374 #BD9C53

monochromatic

#29606C #3A8798 #53A9BD #7FBFCE #ABD5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#53A9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#53A9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A9BD

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A9BD	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA4BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B98BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 169, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.088 215.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc2d0',
    500: '#53a9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a9bd;
$custom-light: #8cc2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.321,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68926,
    "c": 0.08754,
    "h": 215
  },
  "luminance": 0.33889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A9BD

secondary

#CDA89F

accent

#6C54D4

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A9BD

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

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