#53B9CA#53B9CA

#53B9CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.097 H 210.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B9CA
RGB	rgb(83, 185, 202)
HSL	hsl(189, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(189, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 8.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, -24.56, -17.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 30.16, 215.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% -0.0839 -0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.097 210)
XYZ	xyz(31.5725, 40.7980, 62.0766)
Luminance	0.4080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B9CA #CA6453

analogous

#53CA9F #53B9CA #537DCA

triadic

#53B9CA #CA53B9 #B9CA53

tetradic

#53B9CA #9F53CA #CA6453 #7DCA53

square

#53B9CA #9F53CA #CA6453 #7DCA53

split-complementary

#53B9CA #CA537D #CA9F53

monochromatic

#26707C #359AAB #53B9CA #82CCD8 #B1DFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#53B9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#53B9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B9CA

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B9CA	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB3CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A5CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 185, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.097 210.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fceda',
    500: '#53b9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b9ca;
$custom-light: #8fceda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73215,
    "c": 0.09694,
    "h": 210
  },
  "luminance": 0.40801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B9CA

secondary

#D5ABA4

accent

#604CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B9CA

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

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