#53BECD#53BECD

#53BECD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.100 H 207.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BECD
RGB	rgb(83, 190, 205)
HSL	hsl(187, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(187, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 7.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.60, -26.19, -16.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.60, 31.10, 212.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% -0.0881 -0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.1 207.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.9956, 43.0703, 64.3203)
Luminance	0.4307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BECD #CD6253

analogous

#53CD9F #53BECD #5381CD

triadic

#53BECD #CD53BE #BECD53

tetradic

#53BECD #9F53CD #CD6253 #81CD53

square

#53BECD #9F53CD #CD6253 #81CD53

split-complementary

#53BECD #CD5381 #CD9F53

monochromatic

#257580 #33A0B0 #53BECD #82D0DB #B2E2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#53BECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#53BECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BECD

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BECD	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53becd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 190, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.100 207.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd2dc',
    500: '#53becd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53becd;
$custom-light: #8fd2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53becd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.377,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74509,
    "c": 0.09957,
    "h": 207.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BECD

secondary

#D7ABA5

accent

#5C4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BECD

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

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