#53BDC4#53BDC4

#53BDC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.097 H 201.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BDC4
RGB	rgb(83, 189, 196)
HSL	hsl(184, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(184, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 3.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, -28.25, -12.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 30.99, 204.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.94% -0.0907 -0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(73.94% 0.097 201.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.7245, 42.2165, 58.6906)
Luminance	0.4222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BDC4 #C45A53

analogous

#53C493 #53BDC4 #5384C4

triadic

#53BDC4 #C453BD #BDC453

tetradic

#53BDC4 #9353C4 #C45A53 #84C453

square

#53BDC4 #9353C4 #C45A53 #84C453

split-complementary

#53BDC4 #C45384 #C49353

monochromatic

#287075 #389CA2 #53BDC4 #81CED4 #AEE0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#53BDC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#53BDC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BDC4

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BDC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BDC4	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)

#B0B5C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA8C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bdc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 189, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.097 201.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed1d5',
    500: '#53bdc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bdc4;
$custom-light: #8ed1d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bdc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.717,
    "s": 48.918,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73944,
    "c": 0.09731,
    "h": 201.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BDC4

secondary

#D1A5A2

accent

#584FD8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BDC4

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

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