#53BFC4#53BFC4

#53BFC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.098 H 199.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BFC4
RGB	rgb(83, 191, 196)
HSL	hsl(183, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(183, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 2.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.61, -29.23, -11.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.61, 31.54, 202.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.42% -0.0929 -0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(74.42% 0.098 199.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.1577, 43.0829, 58.8350)
Luminance	0.4309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BFC4 #C45853

analogous

#53C491 #53BFC4 #5387C4

triadic

#53BFC4 #C453BF #BFC453

tetradic

#53BFC4 #9153C4 #C45853 #87C453

square

#53BFC4 #9153C4 #C45853 #87C453

split-complementary

#53BFC4 #C45387 #C49153

monochromatic

#287175 #389DA2 #53BFC4 #81D0D4 #AEE1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#53BFC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#53BFC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BFC4

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BFC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BFC4	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)

#B3B7C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1AAC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bfc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 191, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.098 199.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd2d5',
    500: '#53bfc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bfc4;
$custom-light: #8fd2d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bfc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.655,
    "s": 48.918,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74421,
    "c": 0.09848,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BFC4

secondary

#D1A4A2

accent

#554FD8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BFC4

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

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