#53BFCD#53BFCD

#53BFCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.100 H 206.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BFCD
RGB	rgb(83, 191, 205)
HSL	hsl(187, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(187, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 6.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.90, -26.69, -16.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.90, 31.29, 211.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% -0.0891 -0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.1 206.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.2130, 43.5050, 64.3927)
Luminance	0.4351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BFCD #CD6153

analogous

#53CD9E #53BFCD #5382CD

triadic

#53BFCD #CD53BF #BFCD53

tetradic

#53BFCD #9E53CD #CD6153 #82CD53

square

#53BFCD #9E53CD #CD6153 #82CD53

split-complementary

#53BFCD #CD5382 #CD9E53

monochromatic

#257680 #33A1B0 #53BFCD #82D1DB #B2E2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#53BFCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#53BFCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BFCD

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BFCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BFCD	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B8CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bfcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 191, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.100 206.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd2dc',
    500: '#53bfcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bfcd;
$custom-light: #8fd2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bfcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.885,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74745,
    "c": 0.09995,
    "h": 206.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BFCD

secondary

#D7ABA5

accent

#5B4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BFCD

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

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