#53BEC4#53BEC4

#53BEC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.098 H 200.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BEC4
RGB	rgb(83, 190, 196)
HSL	hsl(183, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(183, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 3.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.32, -28.74, -12.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.32, 31.26, 203.15°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% -0.0918 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.098 200.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.9403, 42.6482, 58.7625)
Luminance	0.4265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BEC4 #C45953

analogous

#53C492 #53BEC4 #5385C4

triadic

#53BEC4 #C453BE #BEC453

tetradic

#53BEC4 #9253C4 #C45953 #85C453

square

#53BEC4 #9253C4 #C45953 #85C453

split-complementary

#53BEC4 #C45385 #C49253

monochromatic

#287175 #389DA2 #53BEC4 #81CFD4 #AEE0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#53BEC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#53BEC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BEC4

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BEC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BEC4	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B6C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA9C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 190, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.098 200.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd2d5',
    500: '#53bec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bec4;
$custom-light: #8fd2d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.186,
    "s": 48.918,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74182,
    "c": 0.09788,
    "h": 200.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BEC4

secondary

#D1A4A2

accent

#574FD8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BEC4

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

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