#53BDC2#53BDC2

#53BDC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.097 H 199.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BDC2
RGB	rgb(83, 189, 194)
HSL	hsl(183, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(183, 57%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 2.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, -28.81, -11.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 31.11, 202.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% -0.0916 -0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.097 199.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.4984, 42.1261, 57.4997)
Luminance	0.4213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BDC2 #C25853

analogous

#53C290 #53BDC2 #5386C2

triadic

#53BDC2 #C253BD #BDC253

tetradic

#53BDC2 #9053C2 #C25853 #86C253

square

#53BDC2 #9053C2 #C25853 #86C253

split-complementary

#53BDC2 #C25386 #C29053

monochromatic

#286F72 #389B9F #53BDC2 #80CED2 #ADE0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#53BDC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#53BDC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BDC2

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BDC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BDC2	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)

#B1B5C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA8C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bdc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 189, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.097 199.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed1d4',
    500: '#53bdc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bdc2;
$custom-light: #8ed1d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bdc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.703,
    "s": 47.639,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73873,
    "c": 0.09713,
    "h": 199.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BDC2

secondary

#D0A3A1

accent

#5751D7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BDC2

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

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