#53BEC5#53BEC5

#53BEC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.098 H 201.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BEC5
RGB	rgb(83, 190, 197)
HSL	hsl(184, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(184, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 3.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.35, -28.46, -12.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.35, 31.20, 204.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% -0.0914 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.098 201.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.0545, 42.6939, 59.3640)
Luminance	0.4270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BEC5 #C55A53

analogous

#53C593 #53BEC5 #5385C5

triadic

#53BEC5 #C553BE #BEC553

tetradic

#53BEC5 #9353C5 #C55A53 #85C553

square

#53BEC5 #9353C5 #C55A53 #85C553

split-complementary

#53BEC5 #C55385 #C59353

monochromatic

#287176 #379DA4 #53BEC5 #81CFD4 #AFE1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#53BEC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#53BEC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BEC5

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BEC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BEC5	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B6C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA9C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 190, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.098 201.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd2d6',
    500: '#53bec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bec5;
$custom-light: #8fd2d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.684,
    "s": 49.565,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74218,
    "c": 0.09798,
    "h": 201.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BEC5

secondary

#D2A5A2

accent

#574FD9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BEC5

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

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