#53BFCE#53BFCE

#53BFCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.100 H 207.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BFCE
RGB	rgb(83, 191, 206)
HSL	hsl(187, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(187, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 7.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.93, -26.40, -16.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.93, 31.31, 212.51°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% -0.0887 -0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.1 207.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.3340, 43.5534, 65.0305)
Luminance	0.4356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BFCE #CE6253

analogous

#53CEA0 #53BFCE #5382CE

triadic

#53BFCE #CE53BF #BFCE53

tetradic

#53BFCE #A053CE #CE6253 #82CE53

square

#53BFCE #A053CE #CE6253 #82CE53

split-complementary

#53BFCE #CE5382 #CEA053

monochromatic

#257682 #33A2B1 #53BFCE #83D1DC #B2E2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#53BFCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#53BFCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BFCE

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BFCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BFCE	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B8CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAACE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bfce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 191, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.100 207.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d2dd',
    500: '#53bfce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bfce;
$custom-light: #90d2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bfce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.317,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74782,
    "c": 0.10022,
    "h": 207.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BFCE

secondary

#D8ABA5

accent

#5B49DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BFCE

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

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