#53BED3#53BED3

#53BED3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.102 H 212.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BED3
RGB	rgb(83, 190, 211)
HSL	hsl(190, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(190, 61%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 10%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.80, -24.45, -19.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.80, 31.43, 218.92°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% -0.0856 -0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.102 212.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.7338, 43.3656, 68.2080)
Luminance	0.4337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BED3 #D36853

analogous

#53D3A8 #53BED3 #537ED3

triadic

#53BED3 #D353BE #BED353

tetradic

#53BED3 #A853D3 #D36853 #7ED353

square

#53BED3 #A853D3 #D36853 #7ED353

split-complementary

#53BED3 #D3537E #D3A853

monochromatic

#237889 #2FA3B9 #53BED3 #84D0DF #B4E3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#53BED3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#53BED3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BED3

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BED3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BED3	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB8D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BAAD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bed3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 190, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.102 212.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d1e0',
    500: '#53bed3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bed3;
$custom-light: #90d1e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bed3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.844,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74735,
    "c": 0.10167,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BED3

secondary

#DBB0A7

accent

#5F45E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BED3

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

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