#53BFCC#53BFCC

#53BFCC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.100 H 206.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BFCC
RGB	rgb(83, 191, 204)
HSL	hsl(186, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(186, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 6.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.86, -26.97, -15.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.86, 31.28, 210.41°)
OKLab	oklab(74.71% -0.0895 -0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(74.71% 0.1 206.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.0926, 43.4569, 63.7590)
Luminance	0.4346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BFCC #CC6053

analogous

#53CC9D #53BFCC #5383CC

triadic

#53BFCC #CC53BF #BFCC53

tetradic

#53BFCC #9D53CC #CC6053 #83CC53

square

#53BFCC #9D53CC #CC6053 #83CC53

split-complementary

#53BFCC #CC5383 #CC9D53

monochromatic

#26757F #34A1AE #53BFCC #82D1DA #B1E2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#53BFCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#53BFCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BFCC

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BFCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BFCC	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B8CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bfcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 191, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.100 206.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd2db',
    500: '#53bfcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bfcc;
$custom-light: #8fd2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bfcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.446,
    "s": 54.26,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74708,
    "c": 0.0997,
    "h": 206.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BFCC

secondary

#D6AAA4

accent

#5A4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BFCC

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

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