#53B9C8#53B9C8

#53B9C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.096 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B9C8
RGB	rgb(83, 185, 200)
HSL	hsl(188, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(188, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 7.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, -25.13, -16.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 30.07, 213.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% -0.0848 -0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.096 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.3373, 40.7039, 60.8375)
Luminance	0.4071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B9C8 #C86253

analogous

#53C89C #53B9C8 #537EC8

triadic

#53B9C8 #C853B9 #B9C853

tetradic

#53B9C8 #9C53C8 #C86253 #7EC853

square

#53B9C8 #9C53C8 #C86253 #7EC853

split-complementary

#53B9C8 #C8537E #C89C53

monochromatic

#276F7A #3699A8 #53B9C8 #81CCD7 #B0DFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#53B9C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#53B9C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B9C8

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B9C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B9C8	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB3C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A5C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 185, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.096 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eced8',
    500: '#53b9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b9c8;
$custom-light: #8eced8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.692,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73139,
    "c": 0.0963,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B9C8

secondary

#D4A9A3

accent

#5F4DDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B9C8

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

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