#53BDC5#53BDC5

#53BDC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.097 H 202.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BDC5
RGB	rgb(83, 189, 197)
HSL	hsl(184, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(184, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 4.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.05, -27.97, -13.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.05, 30.94, 205.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% -0.0903 -0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.097 202.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.8387, 42.2622, 59.2920)
Luminance	0.4227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BDC5 #C55B53

analogous

#53C594 #53BDC5 #5384C5

triadic

#53BDC5 #C553BD #BDC553

tetradic

#53BDC5 #9453C5 #C55B53 #84C553

square

#53BDC5 #9453C5 #C55B53 #84C553

split-complementary

#53BDC5 #C55384 #C59453

monochromatic

#287076 #379CA4 #53BDC5 #81CFD4 #AFE0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#53BDC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#53BDC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BDC5

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BDC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BDC5	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B6C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA8C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bdc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 189, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.097 202.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd1d6',
    500: '#53bdc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bdc5;
$custom-light: #8fd1d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bdc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.211,
    "s": 49.565,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73979,
    "c": 0.09743,
    "h": 202.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BDC5

secondary

#D2A5A2

accent

#584FD9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BDC5

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

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