#53BECB#53BECB

#53BECB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.099 H 206.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BECB
RGB	rgb(83, 190, 203)
HSL	hsl(187, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(187, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 6.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.54, -26.76, -15.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.54, 31.07, 210.52°)
OKLab	oklab(74.44% -0.0889 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(74.44% 0.099 206.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.7558, 42.9744, 63.0570)
Luminance	0.4298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BECB #CB6053

analogous

#53CB9C #53BECB #5382CB

triadic

#53BECB #CB53BE #BECB53

tetradic

#53BECB #9C53CB #CB6053 #82CB53

square

#53BECB #9C53CB #CB6053 #82CB53

split-complementary

#53BECB #CB5382 #CB9C53

monochromatic

#26747E #34A0AD #53BECB #82D0D9 #B1E2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#53BECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#53BECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BECB

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BECB	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B7CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA9CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53becb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 190, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.099 206.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd2da',
    500: '#53becb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53becb;
$custom-light: #8fd2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53becb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.5,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74435,
    "c": 0.09904,
    "h": 206.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BECB

secondary

#D6A9A4

accent

#5B4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BECB

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

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