#53BDD0#53BDD0

#53BDD0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.100 H 211.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BDD0
RGB	rgb(83, 189, 208)
HSL	hsl(189, 57%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(189, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 9.1%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.41, -24.82, -18.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.41, 31.08, 217.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% -0.0858 -0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.1 211.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.1454, 42.7849, 66.1738)
Luminance	0.4279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BDD0 #D06653

analogous

#53D0A5 #53BDD0 #537FD0

triadic

#53BDD0 #D053BD #BDD053

tetradic

#53BDD0 #A553D0 #D06653 #7FD053

square

#53BDD0 #A553D0 #D06653 #7FD053

split-complementary

#53BDD0 #D0537F #D0A553

monochromatic

#247684 #31A1B4 #53BDD0 #83CFDD #B3E2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#53BDD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#53BDD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BDD0

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BDD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BDD0	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB7D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA9D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bdd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 189, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.100 211.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d1de',
    500: '#53bdd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bdd0;
$custom-light: #90d1de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bdd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.12,
    "s": 57.078,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74386,
    "c": 0.10025,
    "h": 211.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BDD0

secondary

#D9AEA6

accent

#5F47E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BDD0

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

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