#53BFD0#53BFD0

#53BFD0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.101 H 209.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BFD0
RGB	rgb(83, 191, 208)
HSL	hsl(188, 57%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(188, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 8.2%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, -25.82, -17.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 31.37, 214.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% -0.0879 -0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.101 209.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.5785, 43.6512, 66.3182)
Luminance	0.4365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BFD0 #D06453

analogous

#53D0A3 #53BFD0 #5381D0

triadic

#53BFD0 #D053BF #BFD053

tetradic

#53BFD0 #A353D0 #D06453 #81D053

square

#53BFD0 #A353D0 #D06453 #81D053

split-complementary

#53BFD0 #D05381 #D0A353

monochromatic

#247784 #31A3B4 #53BFD0 #83D1DD #B3E3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#53BFD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#53BFD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BFD0

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BFD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BFD0	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B8D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAAD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bfd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 191, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.101 209.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d2de',
    500: '#53bfd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bfd0;
$custom-light: #90d2de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bfd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.16,
    "s": 57.078,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74857,
    "c": 0.10083,
    "h": 209.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BFD0

secondary

#D9ADA6

accent

#5C47E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BFD0

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

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