#53BBCA#53BBCA

#53BBCA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.098 H 208.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BBCA
RGB	rgb(83, 187, 202)
HSL	hsl(188, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(188, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 7.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.62, -25.56, -16.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.62, 30.48, 213.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% -0.0861 -0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.098 208.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.9939, 41.6407, 62.2170)
Luminance	0.4164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BBCA #CA6253

analogous

#53CA9D #53BBCA #537FCA

triadic

#53BBCA #CA53BB #BBCA53

tetradic

#53BBCA #9D53CA #CA6253 #7FCA53

square

#53BBCA #9D53CA #CA6253 #7FCA53

split-complementary

#53BBCA #CA537F #CA9D53

monochromatic

#26717C #359CAB #53BBCA #82CDD8 #B1E0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#53BBCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#53BBCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BBCA

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BBCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BBCA	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB4CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA7CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bbca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 187, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.098 208.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bbca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.563,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73688,
    "c": 0.09761,
    "h": 208.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BBCA

secondary

#D5AAA4

accent

#5E4CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BBCA

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

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