#53BEC9#53BEC9

#53BEC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.099 H 204.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BEC9
RGB	rgb(83, 190, 201)
HSL	hsl(186, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(186, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 5.5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.47, -27.33, -14.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.47, 31.08, 208.41°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% -0.0897 -0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.099 204.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5190, 42.8797, 61.8099)
Luminance	0.4288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BEC9 #C95E53

analogous

#53C999 #53BEC9 #5383C9

triadic

#53BEC9 #C953BE #BEC953

tetradic

#53BEC9 #9953C9 #C95E53 #83C953

square

#53BEC9 #9953C9 #C95E53 #83C953

split-complementary

#53BEC9 #C95383 #C99953

monochromatic

#27737B #359FAA #53BEC9 #82D0D8 #B0E1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#53BEC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#53BEC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BEC9

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BEC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BEC9	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B7CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA9C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 190, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.099 204.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd2d9',
    500: '#53bec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bec9;
$custom-light: #8fd2d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.593,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74362,
    "c": 0.09859,
    "h": 204.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BEC9

secondary

#D4A8A3

accent

#5A4CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BEC9

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

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