#53BFC9#53BFC9

#53BFC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.099 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BFC9
RGB	rgb(83, 191, 201)
HSL	hsl(185, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(185, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.77, -27.83, -14.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.77, 31.30, 207.27°)
OKLab	oklab(74.6% -0.0908 -0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(74.6% 0.099 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.7363, 43.3143, 61.8823)
Luminance	0.4332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BFC9 #C95D53

analogous

#53C998 #53BFC9 #5384C9

triadic

#53BFC9 #C953BF #BFC953

tetradic

#53BFC9 #9853C9 #C95D53 #84C953

square

#53BFC9 #9853C9 #C95D53 #84C953

split-complementary

#53BFC9 #C95384 #C99853

monochromatic

#27747B #35A0AA #53BFC9 #82D0D8 #B0E2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#53BFC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#53BFC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BFC9

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BFC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BFC9	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B8CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAAC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bfc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 191, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.099 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd2d9',
    500: '#53bfc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bfc9;
$custom-light: #8fd2d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bfc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.085,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74599,
    "c": 0.09907,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BFC9

secondary

#D4A8A3

accent

#584CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BFC9

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

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