#53BDCC#53BDCC

#53BDCC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.099 H 207.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BDCC
RGB	rgb(83, 189, 204)
HSL	hsl(187, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(187, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 7.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.28, -25.98, -16.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.28, 30.90, 212.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% -0.0874 -0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.099 207.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.6595, 42.5905, 63.6147)
Luminance	0.4259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BDCC #CC6253

analogous

#53CC9F #53BDCC #5381CC

triadic

#53BDCC #CC53BD #BDCC53

tetradic

#53BDCC #9F53CC #CC6253 #81CC53

square

#53BDCC #9F53CC #CC6253 #81CC53

split-complementary

#53BDCC #CC5381 #CC9F53

monochromatic

#26747F #349FAE #53BDCC #82CFDA #B1E1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#53BDCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#53BDCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BDCC

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BDCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BDCC	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB6CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA9CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bdcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 189, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.099 207.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd1db',
    500: '#53bdcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bdcc;
$custom-light: #8fd1db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bdcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.438,
    "s": 54.26,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74235,
    "c": 0.09892,
    "h": 207.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BDCC

secondary

#D6ABA4

accent

#5C4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BDCC

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

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