#53BED1#53BED1

#53BED1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.101 H 211.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BED1
RGB	rgb(83, 190, 209)
HSL	hsl(189, 58%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(189, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 9.1%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.74, -25.03, -18.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.74, 31.28, 216.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% -0.0864 -0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.101 211)
XYZ	xyz(33.4846, 43.2659, 66.8957)
Luminance	0.4327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BED1 #D16653

analogous

#53D1A5 #53BED1 #537FD1

triadic

#53BED1 #D153BE #BED153

tetradic

#53BED1 #A553D1 #D16653 #7FD153

square

#53BED1 #A553D1 #D16653 #7FD153

split-complementary

#53BED1 #D1537F #D1A553

monochromatic

#247786 #31A2B6 #53BED1 #83D0DE #B4E2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#53BED1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#53BED1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BED1

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BED1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BED1	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB8D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BAAD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bed1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 190, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.101 211.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d2df',
    500: '#53bed1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bed1;
$custom-light: #90d2df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bed1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.048,
    "s": 57.798,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74659,
    "c": 0.10088,
    "h": 211
  },
  "luminance": 0.43269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BED1

secondary

#D9AEA6

accent

#5E47E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BED1

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

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