#53BCC1#53BCC1

#53BCC1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.096 H 199.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BCC1
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 193)
HSL	hsl(183, 47%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(183, 57%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 2.6%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, -28.60, -11.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 30.89, 202.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% -0.0909 -0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.096 199.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.1721, 41.6526, 56.8387)
Luminance	0.4166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BCC1 #C15853

analogous

#53C18F #53BCC1 #5385C1

triadic

#53BCC1 #C153BC #BCC153

tetradic

#53BCC1 #8F53C1 #C15853 #85C153

square

#53BCC1 #8F53C1 #C15853 #85C153

split-complementary

#53BCC1 #C15385 #C18F53

monochromatic

#296E71 #39999E #53BCC1 #80CED1 #ADDFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#53BCC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#53BCC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BCC1

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BCC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BCC1	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B4C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA7C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bcc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.096 199.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed0d3',
    500: '#53bcc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bcc1;
$custom-light: #8ed0d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bcc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.727,
    "s": 47.009,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73599,
    "c": 0.09646,
    "h": 199.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BCC1

secondary

#CFA3A1

accent

#5751D7

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BCC1

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

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