#53BCC0#53BCC0

#53BCC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.096 H 198.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BCC0
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 192)
HSL	hsl(182, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(182, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 2.1%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.60, -28.88, -11.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.60, 30.96, 201.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% -0.0913 -0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.096 198.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.0609, 41.6081, 56.2532)
Luminance	0.4161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BCC0 #C05753

analogous

#53C08E #53BCC0 #5386C0

triadic

#53BCC0 #C053BC #BCC053

tetradic

#53BCC0 #8E53C0 #C05753 #86C053

square

#53BCC0 #8E53C0 #C05753 #86C053

split-complementary

#53BCC0 #C05386 #C08E53

monochromatic

#296D70 #39999C #53BCC0 #80CDD0 #ADDFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#53BCC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#53BCC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BCC0

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BCC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BCC0	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B4C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA7C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bcc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.096 198.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed0d3',
    500: '#53bcc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bcc0;
$custom-light: #8ed0d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bcc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.202,
    "s": 46.383,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73564,
    "c": 0.09641,
    "h": 198.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BCC0

secondary

#CFA2A0

accent

#5752D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BCC0

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

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