#53BED2#53BED2

#53BED2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.101 H 211.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BED2
RGB	rgb(83, 190, 210)
HSL	hsl(189, 59%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(189, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 9.5%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.77, -24.74, -19.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.77, 31.35, 217.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.7% -0.086 -0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(74.7% 0.101 211.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.6088, 43.3156, 67.5498)
Luminance	0.4332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BED2 #D26753

analogous

#53D2A7 #53BED2 #537ED2

triadic

#53BED2 #D253BE #BED253

tetradic

#53BED2 #A753D2 #D26753 #7ED253

square

#53BED2 #A753D2 #D26753 #7ED253

split-complementary

#53BED2 #D2537E #D2A753

monochromatic

#237787 #30A2B8 #53BED2 #84D0DF #B4E3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#53BED2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#53BED2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BED2

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BED2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BED2	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB8D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BAAD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bed2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 190, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.101 211.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d2df',
    500: '#53bed2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bed2;
$custom-light: #90d2df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bed2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.449,
    "s": 58.525,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74697,
    "c": 0.10127,
    "h": 211.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BED2

secondary

#DAAFA7

accent

#5F46E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BED2

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

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