#53BBCE#53BBCE

#53BBCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.099 H 211.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BBCE
RGB	rgb(83, 187, 206)
HSL	hsl(189, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(189, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 9.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.76, -24.40, -18.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.76, 30.68, 217.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.84% -0.0845 -0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(73.84% 0.099 211.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.4736, 41.8326, 64.7437)
Luminance	0.4184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BBCE #CE6653

analogous

#53CEA4 #53BBCE #537ECE

triadic

#53BBCE #CE53BB #BBCE53

tetradic

#53BBCE #A453CE #CE6653 #7ECE53

square

#53BBCE #A453CE #CE6653 #7ECE53

split-complementary

#53BBCE #CE537E #CEA453

monochromatic

#257382 #339EB1 #53BBCE #83CEDC #B2E1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#53BBCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#53BBCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BBCE

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BBCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BBCE	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A7CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bbce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 187, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.099 211.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcfdd',
    500: '#53bbce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bbce;
$custom-light: #8fcfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bbce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.268,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73838,
    "c": 0.09897,
    "h": 211.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BBCE

secondary

#D8ADA5

accent

#6049DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BBCE

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

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