#53BDD2#53BDD2

#53BDD2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.101 H 212.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BDD2
RGB	rgb(83, 189, 210)
HSL	hsl(190, 59%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(190, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 10%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.48, -24.24, -19.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.48, 31.23, 219.09°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% -0.085 -0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.101 212.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.3930, 42.8839, 67.4779)
Luminance	0.4289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BDD2 #D26853

analogous

#53D2A7 #53BDD2 #537ED2

triadic

#53BDD2 #D253BD #BDD253

tetradic

#53BDD2 #A753D2 #D26853 #7ED253

square

#53BDD2 #A753D2 #D26853 #7ED253

split-complementary

#53BDD2 #D2537E #D2A753

monochromatic

#237787 #30A1B8 #53BDD2 #84D0DF #B4E2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#53BDD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#53BDD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BDD2

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BDD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BDD2	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB7D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA9D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bdd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 189, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.101 212.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d1df',
    500: '#53bdd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bdd2;
$custom-light: #90d1df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bdd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.921,
    "s": 58.525,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74462,
    "c": 0.10104,
    "h": 212.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BDD2

secondary

#DAAFA7

accent

#6046E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BDD2

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

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