#53BEC3#53BEC3

#53BEC3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.098 H 199.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BEC3
RGB	rgb(83, 190, 195)
HSL	hsl(183, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(183, 57%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 2.6%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.28, -29.02, -11.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.28, 31.32, 202.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.15% -0.0922 -0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(74.15% 0.098 199.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.8269, 42.6028, 58.1651)
Luminance	0.4261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BEC3 #C35853

analogous

#53C390 #53BEC3 #5386C3

triadic

#53BEC3 #C353BE #BEC353

tetradic

#53BEC3 #9053C3 #C35853 #86C353

square

#53BEC3 #9053C3 #C35853 #86C353

split-complementary

#53BEC3 #C35386 #C39053

monochromatic

#287073 #389CA1 #53BEC3 #80CFD3 #AEE0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#53BEC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#53BEC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BEC3

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BEC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BEC3	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B6C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A9C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bec3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 190, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.098 199.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd2d5',
    500: '#53bec3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bec3;
$custom-light: #8fd2d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bec3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.679,
    "s": 48.276,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74147,
    "c": 0.09781,
    "h": 199.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BEC3

secondary

#D1A3A1

accent

#5650D8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BEC3

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

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