#53BED0#53BED0

#53BED0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.101 H 210.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BED0
RGB	rgb(83, 190, 208)
HSL	hsl(189, 57%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(189, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 8.7%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.70, -25.33, -18.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.70, 31.22, 215.79°)
OKLab	oklab(74.62% -0.0868 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(74.62% 0.101 210.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.3612, 43.2166, 66.2458)
Luminance	0.4322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BED0 #D06553

analogous

#53D0A4 #53BED0 #5380D0

triadic

#53BED0 #D053BE #BED053

tetradic

#53BED0 #A453D0 #D06553 #80D053

square

#53BED0 #A453D0 #D06553 #80D053

split-complementary

#53BED0 #D05380 #D0A453

monochromatic

#247784 #31A2B4 #53BED0 #83D0DD #B3E2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#53BED0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#53BED0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BED0

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BED0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BED0	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB8D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAAD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bed0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 190, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.101 210.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d2de',
    500: '#53bed0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bed0;
$custom-light: #90d2de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bed0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.64,
    "s": 57.078,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74621,
    "c": 0.10053,
    "h": 210.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BED0

secondary

#D9ADA6

accent

#5D47E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BED0

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

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