#53BEC7#53BEC7

#53BEC7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.098 H 202.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BEC7
RGB	rgb(83, 190, 199)
HSL	hsl(185, 51%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(185, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 4.5%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.41, -27.90, -13.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.41, 31.12, 206.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.29% -0.0905 -0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(74.29% 0.098 202.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.2852, 42.7862, 60.5789)
Luminance	0.4279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BEC7 #C75C53

analogous

#53C796 #53BEC7 #5384C7

triadic

#53BEC7 #C753BE #BEC753

tetradic

#53BEC7 #9653C7 #C75C53 #84C753

square

#53BEC7 #9653C7 #C75C53 #84C753

split-complementary

#53BEC7 #C75384 #C79653

monochromatic

#277278 #369EA7 #53BEC7 #81CFD6 #AFE1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#53BEC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#53BEC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BEC7

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BEC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BEC7	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B7C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA9C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bec7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 190, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.098 202.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd2d8',
    500: '#53bec7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bec7;
$custom-light: #8fd2d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bec7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.655,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74289,
    "c": 0.09824,
    "h": 202.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BEC7

secondary

#D3A6A3

accent

#584DDA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BEC7

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

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