#53B2C4#53B2C4

#53B2C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.093 H 211.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B2C4
RGB	rgb(83, 178, 196)
HSL	hsl(190, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(190, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 9.2%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, -22.75, -17.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 28.78, 217.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% -0.0788 -0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.093 211.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.4475, 37.6624, 57.9316)
Luminance	0.3766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B2C4 #C46553

analogous

#53C49E #53B2C4 #5379C4

triadic

#53B2C4 #C453B2 #B2C453

tetradic

#53B2C4 #9E53C4 #C46553 #79C453

square

#53B2C4 #9E53C4 #C46553 #79C453

split-complementary

#53B2C4 #C45379 #C49E53

monochromatic

#286875 #3891A2 #53B2C4 #81C6D4 #AEDBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#53B2C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#53B2C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B2C4

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B2C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B2C4	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3ACC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A0C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b2c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 178, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.093 211.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec9d5',
    500: '#53b2c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b2c4;
$custom-light: #8ec9d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b2c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.558,
    "s": 48.918,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7133,
    "c": 0.0927,
    "h": 211.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B2C4

secondary

#D1A9A2

accent

#654FD8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B2C4

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

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