#53BDCB#53BDCB

#53BDCB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.099 H 207.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BDCB
RGB	rgb(83, 189, 203)
HSL	hsl(187, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(187, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 6.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.24, -26.27, -16.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.24, 30.87, 211.70°)
OKLab	oklab(74.2% -0.0878 -0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(74.2% 0.099 207.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.5399, 42.5427, 62.9850)
Luminance	0.4255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BDCB #CB6153

analogous

#53CB9D #53BDCB #5381CB

triadic

#53BDCB #CB53BD #BDCB53

tetradic

#53BDCB #9D53CB #CB6153 #81CB53

square

#53BDCB #9D53CB #CB6153 #81CB53

split-complementary

#53BDCB #CB5381 #CB9D53

monochromatic

#26737E #349FAD #53BDCB #82CFD9 #B1E1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#53BDCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#53BDCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BDCB

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BDCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BDCB	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB6CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA9CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bdcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 189, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.099 207.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bdcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74198,
    "c": 0.09864,
    "h": 207.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BDCB

secondary

#D6AAA4

accent

#5C4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BDCB

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

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