#53ABBE#53ABBE

#53ABBE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.088 H 213.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ABBE
RGB	rgb(83, 171, 190)
HSL	hsl(191, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(191, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 10%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.50, -20.91, -17.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.50, 27.42, 220.33°)
OKLab	oklab(69.44% -0.0735 -0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(69.44% 0.088 213.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.4207, 34.6799, 53.9541)
Luminance	0.3468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ABBE #BE6653

analogous

#53BE9B #53ABBE #5375BE

triadic

#53ABBE #BE53AB #ABBE53

tetradic

#53ABBE #9B53BE #BE6653 #75BE53

square

#53ABBE #9B53BE #BE6653 #75BE53

split-complementary

#53ABBE #BE5375 #BE9B53

monochromatic

#29616D #3A899A #53ABBE #7FC1CF #ACD6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#53ABBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#53ABBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ABBE

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ABBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ABBE	1.00	2.65	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA6BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9ABE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53abbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 171, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.088 213.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc4d1',
    500: '#53abbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53abbe;
$custom-light: #8dc4d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53abbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.654,
    "s": 45.148,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69439,
    "c": 0.08842,
    "h": 213.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ABBE

secondary

#CDA89F

accent

#6A53D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ABBE

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

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