#53B8CA#53B8CA

#53B8CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.097 H 211.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B8CA
RGB	rgb(83, 184, 202)
HSL	hsl(189, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(189, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 8.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.74, -24.05, -17.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.74, 30.01, 216.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% -0.0829 -0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.097 211)
XYZ	xyz(31.3641, 40.3811, 62.0071)
Luminance	0.4038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B8CA #CA6553

analogous

#53CAA1 #53B8CA #537CCA

triadic

#53B8CA #CA53B8 #B8CA53

tetradic

#53B8CA #A153CA #CA6553 #7CCA53

square

#53B8CA #A153CA #CA6553 #7CCA53

split-complementary

#53B8CA #CA537C #CAA153

monochromatic

#266F7C #3599AB #53B8CA #82CBD8 #B1DFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#53B8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#53B8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B8CA

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B8CA	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B2CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A5CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 184, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.097 211.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcdda',
    500: '#53b8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b8ca;
$custom-light: #8fcdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.076,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72978,
    "c": 0.09665,
    "h": 211
  },
  "luminance": 0.40384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B8CA

secondary

#D5ABA4

accent

#614CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B8CA

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

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