#53BCCD#53BCCD

#53BCCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.099 H 209.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BCCD
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 205)
HSL	hsl(188, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(188, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 8.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, -25.19, -17.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 30.77, 215.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% -0.0859 -0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.099 209.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.5654, 42.2099, 64.1769)
Luminance	0.4221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BCCD #CD6453

analogous

#53CDA1 #53BCCD #537FCD

triadic

#53BCCD #CD53BC #BCCD53

tetradic

#53BCCD #A153CD #CD6453 #7FCD53

square

#53BCCD #A153CD #CD6453 #7FCD53

split-complementary

#53BCCD #CD537F #CDA153

monochromatic

#257480 #339EB0 #53BCCD #82CEDB #B2E1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#53BCCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#53BCCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BCCD

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BCCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BCCD	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA8CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bccd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.099 209.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd0dc',
    500: '#53bccd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bccd;
$custom-light: #8fd0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bccd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.361,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74036,
    "c": 0.09889,
    "h": 209.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BCCD

secondary

#D7ACA5

accent

#5E4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BCCD

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

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