#53B9CD#53B9CD

#53B9CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.098 H 212.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B9CD
RGB	rgb(83, 185, 205)
HSL	hsl(190, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(190, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 9.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.13, -23.69, -19.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.13, 30.36, 218.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% -0.0827 -0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.098 212.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.9312, 40.9415, 63.9655)
Luminance	0.4094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B9CD #CD6753

analogous

#53CDA4 #53B9CD #537CCD

triadic

#53B9CD #CD53B9 #B9CD53

tetradic

#53B9CD #A453CD #CD6753 #7CCD53

square

#53B9CD #A453CD #CD6753 #7CCD53

split-complementary

#53B9CD #CD537C #CDA453

monochromatic

#257180 #339BB0 #53B9CD #82CCDB #B2E0E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#53B9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#53B9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B9CD

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B9CD	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A6CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 185, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.098 212.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcedc',
    500: '#53b9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b9cd;
$custom-light: #8fcedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.836,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73329,
    "c": 0.09808,
    "h": 212.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B9CD

secondary

#D7ADA5

accent

#624ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B9CD

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

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