#53BFC6#53BFC6

#53BFC6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.099 H 201.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BFC6
RGB	rgb(83, 191, 198)
HSL	hsl(184, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(184, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 3.5%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.67, -28.67, -12.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.67, 31.42, 204.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% -0.092 -0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.099 201.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.3868, 43.1745, 60.0419)
Luminance	0.4318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BFC6 #C65A53

analogous

#53C693 #53BFC6 #5386C6

triadic

#53BFC6 #C653BF #BFC653

tetradic

#53BFC6 #9353C6 #C65A53 #86C653

square

#53BFC6 #9353C6 #C65A53 #86C653

split-complementary

#53BFC6 #C65386 #C69353

monochromatic

#277277 #379EA5 #53BFC6 #81D0D5 #AFE1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#53BFC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#53BFC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BFC6

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BFC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BFC6	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B7C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0AAC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bfc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 191, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.099 201.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd2d7',
    500: '#53bfc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bfc6;
$custom-light: #8fd2d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bfc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.652,
    "s": 50.218,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74491,
    "c": 0.09864,
    "h": 201.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BFC6

secondary

#D3A5A2

accent

#574EDA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BFC6

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

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