#53BEC2#53BEC2

#53BEC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.098 H 198.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BEC2
RGB	rgb(83, 190, 194)
HSL	hsl(182, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(182, 57%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 2.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, -29.30, -11.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 31.40, 201.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.0926 -0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.098 198.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.7142, 42.5578, 57.5716)
Luminance	0.4256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BEC2 #C25753

analogous

#53C28F #53BEC2 #5387C2

triadic

#53BEC2 #C253BE #BEC253

tetradic

#53BEC2 #8F53C2 #C25753 #87C253

square

#53BEC2 #8F53C2 #C25753 #87C253

split-complementary

#53BEC2 #C25387 #C28F53

monochromatic

#286F72 #389C9F #53BEC2 #80CFD2 #ADE0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#53BEC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#53BEC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BEC2

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BEC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BEC2	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B6C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A9C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 190, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.098 198.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed2d4',
    500: '#53bec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bec2;
$custom-light: #8ed2d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.162,
    "s": 47.639,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74112,
    "c": 0.09775,
    "h": 198.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BEC2

secondary

#D0A3A1

accent

#5551D7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BEC2

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

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