#53BFD4#53BFD4

#53BFD4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.102 H 212.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BFD4
RGB	rgb(83, 191, 212)
HSL	hsl(190, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(190, 61%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 9.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.13, -24.66, -19.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.13, 31.62, 218.75°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% -0.0863 -0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.102 212.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.0769, 43.8506, 68.9427)
Luminance	0.4385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BFD4 #D46853

analogous

#53D4A8 #53BFD4 #537FD4

triadic

#53BFD4 #D453BF #BFD453

tetradic

#53BFD4 #A853D4 #D46853 #7FD453

square

#53BFD4 #A853D4 #D46853 #7FD453

split-complementary

#53BFD4 #D4537F #D4A853

monochromatic

#23798A #2FA4BB #53BFD4 #84D1E0 #B5E3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#53BFD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#53BFD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BFD4

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BFD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BFD4	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB9D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BABD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bfd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 191, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.102 212.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d2e1',
    500: '#53bfd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bfd4;
$custom-light: #90d2e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bfd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.767,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75009,
    "c": 0.1023,
    "h": 212.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BFD4

secondary

#DBB0A8

accent

#5E45E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BFD4

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

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