#53BCC2#53BCC2

#53BCC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.097 H 200.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BCC2
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 194)
HSL	hsl(183, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(183, 57%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 3.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.66, -28.32, -12.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.66, 30.83, 203.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% -0.0905 -0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.097 200.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.2840, 41.6974, 57.4282)
Luminance	0.4170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BCC2 #C25953

analogous

#53C291 #53BCC2 #5385C2

triadic

#53BCC2 #C253BC #BCC253

tetradic

#53BCC2 #9153C2 #C25953 #85C253

square

#53BCC2 #9153C2 #C25953 #85C253

split-complementary

#53BCC2 #C25385 #C29153

monochromatic

#286E72 #389A9F #53BCC2 #80CED2 #ADDFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#53BCC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#53BCC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BCC2

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BCC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BCC2	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B4C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA7C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bcc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.097 200.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed0d4',
    500: '#53bcc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bcc2;
$custom-light: #8ed0d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bcc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.243,
    "s": 47.639,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73634,
    "c": 0.09654,
    "h": 200.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BCC2

secondary

#D0A3A1

accent

#5851D7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BCC2

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

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