#53BDC7#53BDC7

#53BDC7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.098 H 203.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BDC7
RGB	rgb(83, 189, 199)
HSL	hsl(185, 51%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(185, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 5%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, -27.41, -14.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 30.88, 207.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.05% -0.0895 -0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(74.05% 0.098 203.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.0694, 42.3545, 60.5069)
Luminance	0.4236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BDC7 #C75D53

analogous

#53C797 #53BDC7 #5383C7

triadic

#53BDC7 #C753BD #BDC753

tetradic

#53BDC7 #9753C7 #C75D53 #83C753

square

#53BDC7 #9753C7 #C75D53 #83C753

split-complementary

#53BDC7 #C75383 #C79753

monochromatic

#277178 #369DA7 #53BDC7 #81CFD6 #AFE0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#53BDC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#53BDC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BDC7

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BDC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BDC7	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)

#B0B6C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA8C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bdc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 189, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.098 203.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd1d8',
    500: '#53bdc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bdc7;
$custom-light: #8fd1d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bdc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.172,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74052,
    "c": 0.09774,
    "h": 203.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BDC7

secondary

#D3A7A3

accent

#5A4DDA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BDC7

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

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