#53BBCC#53BBCC

#53BBCC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.098 H 209.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BBCC
RGB	rgb(83, 187, 204)
HSL	hsl(188, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(188, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 8.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.69, -24.98, -17.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.69, 30.57, 215.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% -0.0853 -0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.098 209.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.2322, 41.7360, 63.4722)
Luminance	0.4174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BBCC #CC6453

analogous

#53CCA1 #53BBCC #537FCC

triadic

#53BBCC #CC53BB #BBCC53

tetradic

#53BBCC #A153CC #CC6453 #7FCC53

square

#53BBCC #A153CC #CC6453 #7FCC53

split-complementary

#53BBCC #CC537F #CCA153

monochromatic

#26727F #349DAE #53BBCC #82CEDA #B1E0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#53BBCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#53BBCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BBCC

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BBCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BBCC	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB5CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA7CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bbcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 187, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.098 209.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcfdb',
    500: '#53bbcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bbcc;
$custom-light: #8fcfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bbcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.43,
    "s": 54.26,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73763,
    "c": 0.09825,
    "h": 209.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BBCC

secondary

#D6ABA4

accent

#5F4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BBCC

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

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