#53BFD3#53BFD3

#53BFD3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.102 H 211.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BFD3
RGB	rgb(83, 191, 211)
HSL	hsl(189, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(189, 61%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 9.5%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, -24.95, -19.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 31.55, 217.72°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% -0.0867 -0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.102 211.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.9511, 43.8003, 68.2804)
Luminance	0.4380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BFD3 #D36753

analogous

#53D3A7 #53BFD3 #537FD3

triadic

#53BFD3 #D353BF #BFD353

tetradic

#53BFD3 #A753D3 #D36753 #7FD353

square

#53BFD3 #A753D3 #D36753 #7FD353

split-complementary

#53BFD3 #D3537F #D3A753

monochromatic

#237989 #2FA4B9 #53BFD3 #84D1DF #B4E3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#53BFD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#53BFD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BFD3

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BFD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BFD3	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB9D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CABD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bfd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 191, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.102 211.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d2e0',
    500: '#53bfd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bfd3;
$custom-light: #90d2e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bfd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.375,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7497,
    "c": 0.1019,
    "h": 211.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BFD3

secondary

#DBAFA7

accent

#5E45E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BFD3

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

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