#53BFCA#53BFCA

#53BFCA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.099 H 204.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BFCA
RGB	rgb(83, 191, 202)
HSL	hsl(186, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(186, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 5.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.80, -27.54, -14.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.80, 31.29, 208.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% -0.0904 -0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.099 204.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.8543, 43.3615, 62.5038)
Luminance	0.4336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BFCA #CA5E53

analogous

#53CA99 #53BFCA #5383CA

triadic

#53BFCA #CA53BF #BFCA53

tetradic

#53BFCA #9953CA #CA5E53 #83CA53

square

#53BFCA #9953CA #CA5E53 #83CA53

split-complementary

#53BFCA #CA5383 #CA9953

monochromatic

#26747C #35A0AB #53BFCA #82D0D8 #B1E2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#53BFCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#53BFCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BFCA

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BFCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BFCA	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B8CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAACA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bfca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 191, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.099 204.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd2da',
    500: '#53bfca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bfca;
$custom-light: #8fd2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bfca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.546,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74635,
    "c": 0.09926,
    "h": 204.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BFCA

secondary

#D5A8A4

accent

#594CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BFCA

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

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