#53ACBD#53ACBD

#53ACBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.088 H 211.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ACBD
RGB	rgb(83, 172, 189)
HSL	hsl(190, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(190, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.76, -21.71, -16.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.76, 27.45, 217.73°)
OKLab	oklab(69.64% -0.075 -0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(69.64% 0.088 211.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.5014, 35.0156, 53.4436)
Luminance	0.3502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ACBD #BD6453

analogous

#53BD99 #53ACBD #5377BD

triadic

#53ACBD #BD53AC #ACBD53

tetradic

#53ACBD #9953BD #BD6453 #77BD53

square

#53ACBD #9953BD #BD6453 #77BD53

split-complementary

#53ACBD #BD5377 #BD9953

monochromatic

#29616C #3A8998 #53ACBD #7FC1CE #ABD7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#53ACBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#53ACBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ACBD

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ACBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ACBD	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA7BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9BBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53acbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 172, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.088 211.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc5d0',
    500: '#53acbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53acbd;
$custom-light: #8dc5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53acbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.623,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69638,
    "c": 0.08826,
    "h": 211.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ACBD

secondary

#CDA69F

accent

#6854D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ACBD

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

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