#53BFC8#53BFC8

#53BFC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.099 H 202.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BFC8
RGB	rgb(83, 191, 200)
HSL	hsl(185, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(185, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 4.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.74, -28.11, -13.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.74, 31.33, 206.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% -0.0912 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.099 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.6190, 43.2674, 61.2648)
Luminance	0.4327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BFC8 #C85C53

analogous

#53C896 #53BFC8 #5385C8

triadic

#53BFC8 #C853BF #BFC853

tetradic

#53BFC8 #9653C8 #C85C53 #85C853

square

#53BFC8 #9653C8 #C85C53 #85C853

split-complementary

#53BFC8 #C85385 #C89653

monochromatic

#27737A #369FA8 #53BFC8 #81D0D7 #B0E2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#53BFC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#53BFC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BFC8

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BFC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BFC8	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B8C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAAC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bfc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 191, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.099 202.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd2d8',
    500: '#53bfc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bfc8;
$custom-light: #8fd2d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bfc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.615,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74563,
    "c": 0.09891,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BFC8

secondary

#D4A7A3

accent

#584DDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BFC8

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

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