#53BFD2#53BFD2

#53BFD2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.102 H 210.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BFD2
RGB	rgb(83, 191, 210)
HSL	hsl(189, 59%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(189, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 9%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, -25.24, -18.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 31.48, 216.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74.93% -0.0871 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(74.93% 0.102 210.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.8262, 43.7503, 67.6223)
Luminance	0.4375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BFD2 #D26653

analogous

#53D2A5 #53BFD2 #5380D2

triadic

#53BFD2 #D253BF #BFD253

tetradic

#53BFD2 #A553D2 #D26653 #80D253

square

#53BFD2 #A553D2 #D26653 #80D253

split-complementary

#53BFD2 #D25380 #D2A553

monochromatic

#237887 #30A3B8 #53BFD2 #84D1DF #B4E3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#53BFD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#53BFD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BFD2

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BFD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BFD2	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB9D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CABD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bfd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 191, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.102 210.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d2df',
    500: '#53bfd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bfd2;
$custom-light: #90d2df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bfd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.976,
    "s": 58.525,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74932,
    "c": 0.10153,
    "h": 210.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BFD2

secondary

#DAAEA7

accent

#5D46E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BFD2

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

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