#53BEC0#53BEC0

#53BEC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.098 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BEC0
RGB	rgb(83, 190, 192)
HSL	hsl(181, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(181, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 1%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.19, -29.85, -10.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.19, 31.57, 199.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% -0.0935 -0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.098 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.4911, 42.4685, 56.3966)
Luminance	0.4247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BEC0 #C05553

analogous

#53C08C #53BEC0 #5388C0

triadic

#53BEC0 #C053BE #BEC053

tetradic

#53BEC0 #8C53C0 #C05553 #88C053

square

#53BEC0 #8C53C0 #C05553 #88C053

split-complementary

#53BEC0 #C05388 #C08C53

monochromatic

#296E70 #399B9C #53BEC0 #80CFD0 #ADE0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#53BEC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#53BEC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BEC0

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BEC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BEC0	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B6C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A9C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 190, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.098 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed2d3',
    500: '#53bec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bec0;
$custom-light: #8ed2d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.101,
    "s": 46.383,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74042,
    "c": 0.09772,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BEC0

secondary

#CFA1A0

accent

#5452D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BEC0

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

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