#53BBC8#53BBC8

#53BBC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.097 H 206.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BBC8
RGB	rgb(83, 187, 200)
HSL	hsl(187, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(187, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 6.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.56, -26.13, -15.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.56, 30.44, 210.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% -0.0869 -0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.097 206.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.7586, 41.5466, 60.9780)
Luminance	0.4155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BBC8 #C86053

analogous

#53C89B #53BBC8 #5380C8

triadic

#53BBC8 #C853BB #BBC853

tetradic

#53BBC8 #9B53C8 #C86053 #80C853

square

#53BBC8 #9B53C8 #C86053 #80C853

split-complementary

#53BBC8 #C85380 #C89B53

monochromatic

#27707A #369BA8 #53BBC8 #81CDD7 #B0E0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#53BBC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#53BBC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BBC8

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BBC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BBC8	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB4C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA7C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bbc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 187, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.097 206.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcfd8',
    500: '#53bbc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bbc8;
$custom-light: #8fcfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bbc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.667,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73613,
    "c": 0.09706,
    "h": 206.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BBC8

secondary

#D4A8A3

accent

#5D4DDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BBC8

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

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