#53BECE#53BECE

#53BECE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.100 H 208.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BECE
RGB	rgb(83, 190, 206)
HSL	hsl(188, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(188, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.64, -25.90, -17.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.64, 31.13, 213.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% -0.0877 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.1 208.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.1167, 43.1188, 64.9580)
Luminance	0.4312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BECE #CE6353

analogous

#53CEA1 #53BECE #5381CE

triadic

#53BECE #CE53BE #BECE53

tetradic

#53BECE #A153CE #CE6353 #81CE53

square

#53BECE #A153CE #CE6353 #81CE53

split-complementary

#53BECE #CE5381 #CEA153

monochromatic

#257682 #33A1B1 #53BECE #83D0DC #B2E2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#53BECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#53BECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BECE

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BECE	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAACE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 190, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.100 208.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd2dd',
    500: '#53bece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bece;
$custom-light: #8fd2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.805,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74546,
    "c": 0.09986,
    "h": 208.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BECE

secondary

#D8ACA5

accent

#5C49DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BECE

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

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