#53AABE#53AABE

#53AABE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.088 H 214.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AABE
RGB	rgb(83, 170, 190)
HSL	hsl(191, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(191, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 10.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.20, -20.39, -18.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.20, 27.33, 221.75°)
OKLab	oklab(69.2% -0.0724 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(69.2% 0.088 214.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.2326, 34.3036, 53.8913)
Luminance	0.3431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AABE #BE6753

analogous

#53BE9C #53AABE #5374BE

triadic

#53AABE #BE53AA #AABE53

tetradic

#53AABE #9C53BE #BE6753 #74BE53

square

#53AABE #9C53BE #BE6753 #74BE53

split-complementary

#53AABE #BE5374 #BE9C53

monochromatic

#29616D #3A889A #53AABE #7FC0CF #ACD6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#53AABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#53AABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AABE

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AABE	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA5BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C99BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aabe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 170, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.088 214.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc3d1',
    500: '#53aabe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aabe;
$custom-light: #8cc3d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aabe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.215,
    "s": 45.148,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69202,
    "c": 0.08822,
    "h": 214.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AABE

secondary

#CDA89F

accent

#6B53D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AABE

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

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