#53BDC8#53BDC8

#53BDC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.098 H 204.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BDC8
RGB	rgb(83, 189, 200)
HSL	hsl(186, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(186, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 5.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.15, -27.12, -14.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.15, 30.87, 208.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% -0.089 -0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.098 204.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.1859, 42.4011, 61.1204)
Luminance	0.4240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BDC8 #C85E53

analogous

#53C898 #53BDC8 #5382C8

triadic

#53BDC8 #C853BD #BDC853

tetradic

#53BDC8 #9853C8 #C85E53 #82C853

square

#53BDC8 #9853C8 #C85E53 #82C853

split-complementary

#53BDC8 #C85382 #C89853

monochromatic

#27727A #369DA8 #53BDC8 #81CFD7 #B0E1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#53BDC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#53BDC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BDC8

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BDC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BDC8	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB6C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA8C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bdc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 189, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.098 204.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd1d8',
    500: '#53bdc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bdc8;
$custom-light: #8fd1d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bdc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.641,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74088,
    "c": 0.09794,
    "h": 204.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BDC8

secondary

#D4A8A3

accent

#5A4DDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BDC8

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

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