#53AABD#53AABD

#53AABD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.088 H 213.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AABD
RGB	rgb(83, 170, 189)
HSL	hsl(191, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(191, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 10.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.17, -20.68, -17.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.17, 27.22, 220.55°)
OKLab	oklab(69.16% -0.0728 -0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(69.16% 0.088 213.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.1237, 34.2600, 53.3177)
Luminance	0.3426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AABD #BD6653

analogous

#53BD9B #53AABD #5375BD

triadic

#53AABD #BD53AA #AABD53

tetradic

#53AABD #9B53BD #BD6653 #75BD53

square

#53AABD #9B53BD #BD6653 #75BD53

split-complementary

#53AABD #BD5375 #BD9B53

monochromatic

#29606C #3A8898 #53AABD #7FC0CE #ABD6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#53AABD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#53AABD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AABD

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AABD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AABD	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA5BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C99BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aabd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 170, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.088 213.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc3d0',
    500: '#53aabd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aabd;
$custom-light: #8cc3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aabd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.755,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69163,
    "c": 0.08775,
    "h": 213.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AABD

secondary

#CDA79F

accent

#6B54D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AABD

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

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