#53ABBD#53ABBD

#53ABBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.088 H 212.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ABBD
RGB	rgb(83, 171, 189)
HSL	hsl(190, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(190, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 9.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.46, -21.20, -17.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.46, 27.33, 219.13°)
OKLab	oklab(69.4% -0.0739 -0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(69.4% 0.088 212.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.3118, 34.6364, 53.3804)
Luminance	0.3464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ABBD #BD6553

analogous

#53BD9A #53ABBD #5376BD

triadic

#53ABBD #BD53AB #ABBD53

tetradic

#53ABBD #9A53BD #BD6553 #76BD53

square

#53ABBD #9A53BD #BD6553 #76BD53

split-complementary

#53ABBD #BD5376 #BD9A53

monochromatic

#29616C #3A8898 #53ABBD #7FC1CE #ABD6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#53ABBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#53ABBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ABBD

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ABBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ABBD	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA6BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9ABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53abbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 171, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.088 212.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc4d0',
    500: '#53abbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53abbd;
$custom-light: #8cc4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53abbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.189,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69401,
    "c": 0.08799,
    "h": 212.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ABBD

secondary

#CDA79F

accent

#6954D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ABBD

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

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