#53BAC8#53BAC8

#53BAC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.097 H 207.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BAC8
RGB	rgb(83, 186, 200)
HSL	hsl(187, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(187, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 7%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.26, -25.63, -16.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.26, 30.25, 212.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% -0.0858 -0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.097 207.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.5472, 41.1238, 60.9075)
Luminance	0.4113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BAC8 #C86153

analogous

#53C89B #53BAC8 #5380C8

triadic

#53BAC8 #C853BA #BAC853

tetradic

#53BAC8 #9B53C8 #C86153 #80C853

square

#53BAC8 #9B53C8 #C86153 #80C853

split-complementary

#53BAC8 #C85380 #C89B53

monochromatic

#27707A #369AA8 #53BAC8 #81CDD7 #B0DFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#53BAC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#53BAC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BAC8

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BAC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BAC8	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB3C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA6C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bac8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 186, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.097 207.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcfd8',
    500: '#53bac8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bac8;
$custom-light: #8fcfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bac8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.179,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73376,
    "c": 0.09666,
    "h": 207.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BAC8

secondary

#D4A9A3

accent

#5E4DDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BAC8

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

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