#53BFCF#53BFCF

#53BFCF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.101 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BFCF
RGB	rgb(83, 191, 207)
HSL	hsl(188, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(188, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 7.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, -26.11, -17.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 31.34, 213.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% -0.0883 -0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.101 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.4559, 43.6022, 65.6723)
Luminance	0.4361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BFCF #CF6353

analogous

#53CFA1 #53BFCF #5381CF

triadic

#53BFCF #CF53BF #BFCF53

tetradic

#53BFCF #A153CF #CF6353 #81CF53

square

#53BFCF #A153CF #CF6353 #81CF53

split-complementary

#53BFCF #CF5381 #CFA153

monochromatic

#257783 #32A2B3 #53BFCF #83D1DC #B3E3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#53BFCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#53BFCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BFCF

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BFCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BFCF	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B8D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAACF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bfcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 191, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.101 208.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bfcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.742,
    "s": 56.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74819,
    "c": 0.10051,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BFCF

secondary

#D8ACA6

accent

#5C48E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BFCF

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

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