#53BCC4#53BCC4

#53BCC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.097 H 202.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BCC4
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 196)
HSL	hsl(184, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(184, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 4.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, -27.76, -13.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 30.73, 205.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% -0.0896 -0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.097 202.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.5101, 41.7878, 58.6191)
Luminance	0.4179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BCC4 #C45B53

analogous

#53C494 #53BCC4 #5383C4

triadic

#53BCC4 #C453BC #BCC453

tetradic

#53BCC4 #9453C4 #C45B53 #83C453

square

#53BCC4 #9453C4 #C45B53 #83C453

split-complementary

#53BCC4 #C45383 #C49453

monochromatic

#286F75 #389BA2 #53BCC4 #81CED4 #AEE0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#53BCC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#53BCC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BCC4

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BCC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BCC4	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB5C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA7C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bcc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.097 202.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed0d5',
    500: '#53bcc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bcc4;
$custom-light: #8ed0d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bcc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.248,
    "s": 48.918,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73706,
    "c": 0.09677,
    "h": 202.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BCC4

secondary

#D1A5A2

accent

#594FD8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BCC4

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

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