#53BFC5#53BFC5

#53BFC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.099 H 200.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BFC5
RGB	rgb(83, 191, 197)
HSL	hsl(183, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(183, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.64, -28.95, -12.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.64, 31.47, 203.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% -0.0924 -0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.099 200.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.2719, 43.1286, 59.4364)
Luminance	0.4313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BFC5 #C55953

analogous

#53C592 #53BFC5 #5386C5

triadic

#53BFC5 #C553BF #BFC553

tetradic

#53BFC5 #9253C5 #C55953 #86C553

square

#53BFC5 #9253C5 #C55953 #86C553

split-complementary

#53BFC5 #C55386 #C59253

monochromatic

#287276 #379EA4 #53BFC5 #81D0D4 #AFE1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#53BFC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#53BFC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BFC5

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BFC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BFC5	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B7C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0AAC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bfc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 191, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.099 200.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd2d6',
    500: '#53bfc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bfc5;
$custom-light: #8fd2d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bfc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.158,
    "s": 49.565,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74456,
    "c": 0.09855,
    "h": 200.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BFC5

secondary

#D2A4A2

accent

#564FD9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BFC5

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

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