#53BCC9#53BCC9

#53BCC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.098 H 206.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BCC9
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 201)
HSL	hsl(187, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(187, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 6.5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, -26.34, -15.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 30.65, 210.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% -0.0876 -0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.098 206.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.0887, 42.0193, 61.6665)
Luminance	0.4202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BCC9 #C96053

analogous

#53C99B #53BCC9 #5381C9

triadic

#53BCC9 #C953BC #BCC953

tetradic

#53BCC9 #9B53C9 #C96053 #81C953

square

#53BCC9 #9B53C9 #C96053 #81C953

split-complementary

#53BCC9 #C95381 #C99B53

monochromatic

#27727B #359DAA #53BCC9 #82CED8 #B0E0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#53BCC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#53BCC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BCC9

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BCC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BCC9	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB5CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA8C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bcc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.098 206.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd0d9',
    500: '#53bcc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bcc9;
$custom-light: #8fd0d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bcc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.61,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73887,
    "c": 0.09773,
    "h": 206.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BCC9

secondary

#D4A9A3

accent

#5C4CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BCC9

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

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