#53BCD0#53BCD0

#53BCD0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.100 H 212.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BCD0
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 208)
HSL	hsl(190, 57%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(190, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 9.6%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.12, -24.32, -19.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.12, 30.96, 218.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.15% -0.0847 -0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(74.15% 0.1 212.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.9310, 42.3562, 66.1024)
Luminance	0.4236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BCD0 #D06753

analogous

#53D0A6 #53BCD0 #537ED0

triadic

#53BCD0 #D053BC #BCD053

tetradic

#53BCD0 #A653D0 #D06753 #7ED053

square

#53BCD0 #A653D0 #D06753 #7ED053

split-complementary

#53BCD0 #D0537E #D0A653

monochromatic

#247584 #319FB4 #53BCD0 #83CFDD #B3E1EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#53BCD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#53BCD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BCD0

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BCD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BCD0	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB6D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A8D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bcd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.100 212.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd0de',
    500: '#53bcd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bcd0;
$custom-light: #8fd0de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bcd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.6,
    "s": 57.078,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7415,
    "c": 0.1,
    "h": 212.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BCD0

secondary

#D9AEA6

accent

#6047E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BCD0

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

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