#53BEC8#53BEC8

#53BEC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.098 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BEC8
RGB	rgb(83, 190, 200)
HSL	hsl(185, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(185, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.44, -27.62, -14.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.44, 31.09, 207.35°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% -0.0901 -0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.098 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.4017, 42.8328, 61.1924)
Luminance	0.4284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BEC8 #C85D53

analogous

#53C897 #53BEC8 #5383C8

triadic

#53BEC8 #C853BE #BEC853

tetradic

#53BEC8 #9753C8 #C85D53 #83C853

square

#53BEC8 #9753C8 #C85D53 #83C853

split-complementary

#53BEC8 #C85383 #C89753

monochromatic

#27737A #369EA8 #53BEC8 #81D0D7 #B0E1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#53BEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#53BEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BEC8

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BEC8	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B7C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA9C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 190, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.098 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd2d8',
    500: '#53bec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bec8;
$custom-light: #8fd2d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.128,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74325,
    "c": 0.09841,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BEC8

secondary

#D4A7A3

accent

#594DDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BEC8

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

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