#53A9BE#53A9BE

#53A9BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.088 H 215.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A9BE
RGB	rgb(83, 169, 190)
HSL	hsl(192, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(192, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 11.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.91, -19.87, -18.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.91, 27.25, 223.19°)
OKLab	oklab(68.97% -0.0713 -0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(68.97% 0.088 215.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.0458, 33.9301, 53.8291)
Luminance	0.3393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A9BE #BE6853

analogous

#53BE9D #53A9BE #5373BE

triadic

#53A9BE #BE53A9 #A9BE53

tetradic

#53A9BE #9D53BE #BE6853 #73BE53

square

#53A9BE #9D53BE #BE6853 #73BE53

split-complementary

#53A9BE #BE5373 #BE9D53

monochromatic

#29606D #3A879A #53A9BE #7FBFCF #ACD5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#53A9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#53A9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A9BE

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A9BE	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A98BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 169, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.088 215.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc2d1',
    500: '#53a9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a9be;
$custom-light: #8cc2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.776,
    "s": 45.148,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68965,
    "c": 0.08804,
    "h": 215.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A9BE

secondary

#CDA89F

accent

#6C53D5

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A9BE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →