#53B8CC#53B8CC

#53B8CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.097 H 212.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B8CC
RGB	rgb(83, 184, 204)
HSL	hsl(190, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(190, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 9.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.81, -23.47, -18.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.81, 30.16, 218.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% -0.0821 -0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.097 212.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.6024, 40.4764, 63.2623)
Luminance	0.4048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B8CC #CC6753

analogous

#53CCA4 #53B8CC #537CCC

triadic

#53B8CC #CC53B8 #B8CC53

tetradic

#53B8CC #A453CC #CC6753 #7CCC53

square

#53B8CC #A453CC #CC6753 #7CCC53

split-complementary

#53B8CC #CC537C #CCA453

monochromatic

#26707F #349AAE #53B8CC #82CBDA #B1DFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#53B8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#53B8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B8CC

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B8CC	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A5CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 184, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.097 212.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcddb',
    500: '#53b8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b8cc;
$custom-light: #8fcddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.917,
    "s": 54.26,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73055,
    "c": 0.09744,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B8CC

secondary

#D6ADA4

accent

#634ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B8CC

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

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