#53BBCD#53BBCD

#53BBCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.099 H 210.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BBCD
RGB	rgb(83, 187, 205)
HSL	hsl(189, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(189, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 8.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, -24.69, -18.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 30.62, 216.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.0849 -0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.099 210.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.3525, 41.7842, 64.1059)
Luminance	0.4179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BBCD #CD6553

analogous

#53CDA2 #53BBCD #537ECD

triadic

#53BBCD #CD53BB #BBCD53

tetradic

#53BBCD #A253CD #CD6553 #7ECD53

square

#53BBCD #A253CD #CD6553 #7ECD53

split-complementary

#53BBCD #CD537E #CDA253

monochromatic

#257380 #339DB0 #53BBCD #82CEDB #B2E0E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#53BBCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#53BBCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BBCD

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BBCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BBCD	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A7CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bbcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 187, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.099 210.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcfdc',
    500: '#53bbcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bbcd;
$custom-light: #8fcfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bbcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.852,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.738,
    "c": 0.09859,
    "h": 210.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BBCD

secondary

#D7ACA5

accent

#5F4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BBCD

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

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