#53BACB#53BACB

#53BACB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.098 H 209.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BACB
RGB	rgb(83, 186, 203)
HSL	hsl(189, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(189, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 8.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.36, -24.77, -17.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.36, 30.36, 215.33°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% -0.0846 -0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.098 209.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.9013, 41.2654, 62.7721)
Luminance	0.4127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BACB #CB6453

analogous

#53CBA0 #53BACB #537ECB

triadic

#53BACB #CB53BA #BACB53

tetradic

#53BACB #A053CB #CB6453 #7ECB53

square

#53BACB #A053CB #CB6453 #7ECB53

split-complementary

#53BACB #CB537E #CBA053

monochromatic

#26717E #349CAD #53BACB #82CDD9 #B1E0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#53BACB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#53BACB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BACB

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BACB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BACB	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB4CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A6CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bacb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 186, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.098 209.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcfda',
    500: '#53bacb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bacb;
$custom-light: #8fcfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bacb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.5,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73489,
    "c": 0.09759,
    "h": 209.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BACB

secondary

#D6ABA4

accent

#604BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BACB

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

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