#53B7C8#53B7C8

#53B7C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.096 H 210.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B7C8
RGB	rgb(83, 183, 200)
HSL	hsl(189, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(189, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 8.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, -24.13, -17.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 29.75, 215.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% -0.0826 -0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.096 210.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.9218, 39.8730, 60.6991)
Luminance	0.3988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B7C8 #C86453

analogous

#53C89E #53B7C8 #537CC8

triadic

#53B7C8 #C853B7 #B7C853

tetradic

#53B7C8 #9E53C8 #C86453 #7CC853

square

#53B7C8 #9E53C8 #C86453 #7CC853

split-complementary

#53B7C8 #C8537C #C89E53

monochromatic

#276E7A #3697A8 #53B7C8 #81CAD7 #B0DEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#53B7C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#53B7C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B7C8

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B7C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B7C8	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B1C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A4C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b7c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 183, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.096 210.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecdd8',
    500: '#53b7c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b7c8;
$custom-light: #8ecdd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b7c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.718,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72666,
    "c": 0.09563,
    "h": 210.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B7C8

secondary

#D4AAA3

accent

#614DDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B7C8

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

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