#53BCCB#53BCCB

#53BCCB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.098 H 208.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BCCB
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 203)
HSL	hsl(188, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(188, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 7.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.95, -25.77, -16.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.95, 30.69, 212.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% -0.0867 -0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.098 208)
XYZ	xyz(32.3255, 42.1140, 62.9136)
Luminance	0.4212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BCCB #CB6253

analogous

#53CB9E #53BCCB #5380CB

triadic

#53BCCB #CB53BC #BCCB53

tetradic

#53BCCB #9E53CB #CB6253 #80CB53

square

#53BCCB #9E53CB #CB6253 #80CB53

split-complementary

#53BCCB #CB5380 #CB9E53

monochromatic

#26737E #349EAD #53BCCB #82CED9 #B1E1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#53BCCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#53BCCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BCCB

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BCCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BCCB	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB5CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA8CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bccb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.098 208.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd0da',
    500: '#53bccb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bccb;
$custom-light: #8fd0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bccb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73961,
    "c": 0.09827,
    "h": 208
  },
  "luminance": 0.42117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BCCB

secondary

#D6AAA4

accent

#5D4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BCCB

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

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