#53BBC2#53BBC2

#53BBC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.096 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BBC2
RGB	rgb(83, 187, 194)
HSL	hsl(184, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(184, 57%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 3.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.37, -27.83, -12.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.37, 30.56, 204.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% -0.0894 -0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.096 201.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.0711, 41.2716, 57.3572)
Luminance	0.4128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BBC2 #C25A53

analogous

#53C292 #53BBC2 #5384C2

triadic

#53BBC2 #C253BB #BBC253

tetradic

#53BBC2 #9253C2 #C25A53 #84C253

square

#53BBC2 #9253C2 #C25A53 #84C253

split-complementary

#53BBC2 #C25384 #C29253

monochromatic

#286D72 #38999F #53BBC2 #80CDD2 #ADDFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#53BBC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#53BBC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BBC2

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BBC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BBC2	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)

#AEB4C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA7C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bbc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 187, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.096 201.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecfd4',
    500: '#53bbc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bbc2;
$custom-light: #8ecfd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bbc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.784,
    "s": 47.639,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73396,
    "c": 0.09596,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BBC2

secondary

#D0A4A1

accent

#5951D7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BBC2

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

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