#53BBCB#53BBCB

#53BBCB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.098 H 209.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BBCB
RGB	rgb(83, 187, 203)
HSL	hsl(188, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(188, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 7.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.66, -25.27, -17.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.66, 30.52, 214.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% -0.0857 -0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.098 209)
XYZ	xyz(32.1127, 41.6882, 62.8426)
Luminance	0.4169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BBCB #CB6353

analogous

#53CB9F #53BBCB #537FCB

triadic

#53BBCB #CB53BB #BBCB53

tetradic

#53BBCB #9F53CB #CB6353 #7FCB53

square

#53BBCB #9F53CB #CB6353 #7FCB53

split-complementary

#53BBCB #CB537F #CB9F53

monochromatic

#26727E #349DAD #53BBCB #82CED9 #B1E0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#53BBCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#53BBCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BBCB

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BBCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BBCB	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB5CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA7CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bbcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 187, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.098 209.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bbcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73725,
    "c": 0.09792,
    "h": 209
  },
  "luminance": 0.41691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BBCB

secondary

#D6ABA4

accent

#5E4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BBCB

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

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