#53BCCF#53BCCF

#53BCCF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.100 H 211.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BCCF
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 207)
HSL	hsl(189, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(189, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 9.2%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.08, -24.61, -18.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.08, 30.88, 217.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.0851 -0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.1 211.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.8084, 42.3071, 65.4565)
Luminance	0.4231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BCCF #CF6653

analogous

#53CFA4 #53BCCF #537ECF

triadic

#53BCCF #CF53BC #BCCF53

tetradic

#53BCCF #A453CF #CF6653 #7ECF53

square

#53BCCF #A453CF #CF6653 #7ECF53

split-complementary

#53BCCF #CF537E #CFA453

monochromatic

#257583 #329FB3 #53BCCF #83CFDC #B3E1EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#53BCCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#53BCCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BCCF

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BCCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BCCF	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB6D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA8CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bccf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.100 211.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd0dd',
    500: '#53bccf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bccf;
$custom-light: #8fd0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bccf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.194,
    "s": 56.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74112,
    "c": 0.0996,
    "h": 211.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BCCF

secondary

#D8ADA6

accent

#5F48E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BCCF

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

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