#53BCCC#53BCCC

#53BCCC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.099 H 208.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BCCC
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 204)
HSL	hsl(188, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(188, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 7.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.98, -25.48, -17.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.98, 30.73, 213.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74% -0.0863 -0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.099 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.4451, 42.1618, 63.5432)
Luminance	0.4217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BCCC #CC6353

analogous

#53CCA0 #53BCCC #5380CC

triadic

#53BCCC #CC53BC #BCCC53

tetradic

#53BCCC #A053CC #CC6353 #80CC53

square

#53BCCC #A053CC #CC6353 #80CC53

split-complementary

#53BCCC #CC5380 #CCA053

monochromatic

#26737F #349EAE #53BCCC #82CEDA #B1E1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#53BCCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#53BCCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BCCC

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BCCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BCCC	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB6CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA8CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bccc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.099 208.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd0db',
    500: '#53bccc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bccc;
$custom-light: #8fd0db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bccc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.934,
    "s": 54.26,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73999,
    "c": 0.09857,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BCCC

secondary

#D6ABA4

accent

#5E4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BCCC

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

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