#53BDCD#53BDCD

#53BDCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.099 H 208.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BDCD
RGB	rgb(83, 189, 205)
HSL	hsl(188, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(188, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.31, -25.69, -17.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.31, 30.93, 213.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% -0.087 -0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.099 208.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.7798, 42.6386, 64.2483)
Luminance	0.4264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BDCD #CD6353

analogous

#53CDA0 #53BDCD #5380CD

triadic

#53BDCD #CD53BD #BDCD53

tetradic

#53BDCD #A053CD #CD6353 #80CD53

square

#53BDCD #A053CD #CD6353 #80CD53

split-complementary

#53BDCD #CD5380 #CDA053

monochromatic

#257480 #339FB0 #53BDCD #82CFDB #B2E1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#53BDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#53BDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BDCD

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BDCD	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA9CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 189, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.099 208.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd1dc',
    500: '#53bdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bdcd;
$custom-light: #8fd1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.869,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74272,
    "c": 0.09921,
    "h": 208.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BDCD

secondary

#D7ABA5

accent

#5D4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BDCD

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

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