#53BDCA#53BDCA

#53BDCA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.098 H 206.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BDCA
RGB	rgb(83, 189, 202)
HSL	hsl(187, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(187, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 6.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.21, -26.55, -15.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.21, 30.86, 210.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% -0.0882 -0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.098 206.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.4211, 42.4952, 62.3594)
Luminance	0.4250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BDCA #CA6053

analogous

#53CA9B #53BDCA #5381CA

triadic

#53BDCA #CA53BD #BDCA53

tetradic

#53BDCA #9B53CA #CA6053 #81CA53

square

#53BDCA #9B53CA #CA6053 #81CA53

split-complementary

#53BDCA #CA5381 #CA9B53

monochromatic

#26737C #359EAB #53BDCA #82CFD8 #B1E1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#53BDCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#53BDCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BDCA

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BDCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BDCA	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB6CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA9CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bdca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 189, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.098 206.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd1da',
    500: '#53bdca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bdca;
$custom-light: #8fd1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bdca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.555,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74161,
    "c": 0.09838,
    "h": 206.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BDCA

secondary

#D5A9A4

accent

#5B4CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BDCA

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

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