#53BFCB#53BFCB

#53BFCB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.099 H 205.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BFCB
RGB	rgb(83, 191, 203)
HSL	hsl(186, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(186, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 5.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, -27.26, -15.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 31.28, 209.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.67% -0.0899 -0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(74.67% 0.099 205.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.9731, 43.4090, 63.1294)
Luminance	0.4341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BFCB #CB5F53

analogous

#53CB9B #53BFCB #5383CB

triadic

#53BFCB #CB53BF #BFCB53

tetradic

#53BFCB #9B53CB #CB5F53 #83CB53

square

#53BFCB #9B53CB #CB5F53 #83CB53

split-complementary

#53BFCB #CB5383 #CB9B53

monochromatic

#26757E #34A1AD #53BFCB #82D0D9 #B1E2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#53BFCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#53BFCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BFCB

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BFCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BFCB	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B8CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bfcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 191, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.099 205.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bfcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74672,
    "c": 0.09946,
    "h": 205.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BFCB

secondary

#D6A9A4

accent

#594BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BFCB

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

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