#53BBCF#53BBCF

#53BBCF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.099 H 212.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BBCF
RGB	rgb(83, 187, 207)
HSL	hsl(190, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(190, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 9.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.79, -24.11, -19.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.79, 30.76, 218.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73.88% -0.0841 -0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(73.88% 0.099 212.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.5955, 41.8813, 65.3855)
Luminance	0.4189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BBCF #CF6753

analogous

#53CFA5 #53BBCF #537DCF

triadic

#53BBCF #CF53BB #BBCF53

tetradic

#53BBCF #A553CF #CF6753 #7DCF53

square

#53BBCF #A553CF #CF6753 #7DCF53

split-complementary

#53BBCF #CF537D #CFA553

monochromatic

#257483 #329EB3 #53BBCF #83CEDC #B3E1EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#53BBCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#53BBCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BBCF

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BBCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BBCF	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB5D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A7CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bbcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 187, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.099 212.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bbcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.677,
    "s": 56.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73877,
    "c": 0.09936,
    "h": 212.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BBCF

secondary

#D8AEA6

accent

#6148E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BBCF

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

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