#53BDCE#53BDCE

#53BDCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.100 H 209.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BDCE
RGB	rgb(83, 189, 206)
HSL	hsl(188, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(188, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 8.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.34, -25.41, -17.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.34, 30.97, 214.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.31% -0.0866 -0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(74.31% 0.1 209.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9009, 42.6871, 64.8861)
Luminance	0.4269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BDCE #CE6453

analogous

#53CEA2 #53BDCE #5380CE

triadic

#53BDCE #CE53BD #BDCE53

tetradic

#53BDCE #A253CE #CE6453 #80CE53

square

#53BDCE #A253CE #CE6453 #80CE53

split-complementary

#53BDCE #CE5380 #CEA253

monochromatic

#257582 #33A0B1 #53BDCE #83CFDC #B2E2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#53BDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#53BDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BDCE

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BDCE	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA9CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 189, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.100 209.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd1dd',
    500: '#53bdce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bdce;
$custom-light: #8fd1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.293,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7431,
    "c": 0.09954,
    "h": 209.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BDCE

secondary

#D8ACA5

accent

#5E49DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BDCE

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

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