#53BBC4#53BBC4

#53BBC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.096 H 203.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BBC4
RGB	rgb(83, 187, 196)
HSL	hsl(185, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(185, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 4.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, -27.27, -13.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 30.48, 206.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.0886 -0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.096 203)
XYZ	xyz(31.2973, 41.3620, 58.5482)
Luminance	0.4137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BBC4 #C45C53

analogous

#53C495 #53BBC4 #5382C4

triadic

#53BBC4 #C453BB #BBC453

tetradic

#53BBC4 #9553C4 #C45C53 #82C453

square

#53BBC4 #9553C4 #C45C53 #82C453

split-complementary

#53BBC4 #C45382 #C49553

monochromatic

#286F75 #389AA2 #53BBC4 #81CDD4 #AEDFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#53BBC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#53BBC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BBC4

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BBC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BBC4	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB4C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA7C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bbc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 187, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.096 203.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecfd5',
    500: '#53bbc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bbc4;
$custom-light: #8ecfd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bbc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.779,
    "s": 48.918,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73467,
    "c": 0.09624,
    "h": 203
  },
  "luminance": 0.41365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BBC4

secondary

#D1A5A2

accent

#5A4FD8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BBC4

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

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