#53BDCF#53BDCF

#53BDCF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.100 H 210.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BDCF
RGB	rgb(83, 189, 207)
HSL	hsl(189, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(189, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 8.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.38, -25.12, -18.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.38, 31.02, 215.94°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% -0.0862 -0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.1 210.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0227, 42.7358, 65.5279)
Luminance	0.4274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BDCF #CF6553

analogous

#53CFA3 #53BDCF #537FCF

triadic

#53BDCF #CF53BD #BDCF53

tetradic

#53BDCF #A353CF #CF6553 #7FCF53

square

#53BDCF #A353CF #CF6553 #7FCF53

split-complementary

#53BDCF #CF537F #CFA353

monochromatic

#257583 #32A0B3 #53BDCF #83CFDC #B3E2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#53BDCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#53BDCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BDCF

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BDCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BDCF	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB7D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA9CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bdcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 189, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.100 210.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bdcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.71,
    "s": 56.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74348,
    "c": 0.09989,
    "h": 210.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BDCF

secondary

#D8ADA6

accent

#5E48E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BDCF

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

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