#53CBE2#53CBE2

#53CBE2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.110 H 212.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CBE2
RGB	rgb(83, 203, 226)
HSL	hsl(190, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(190, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 10.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.09, -26.54, -21.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.09, 34.06, 218.83°)
OKLab	oklab(78.35% -0.0932 -0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(78.35% 0.11 212.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.6450, 50.0377, 79.5584)
Luminance	0.5004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CBE2 #E26A53

analogous

#53E2B1 #53CBE2 #5384E2

triadic

#53CBE2 #E253CB #CBE253

tetradic

#53CBE2 #B153E2 #E26A53 #84E253

square

#53CBE2 #B153E2 #E26A53 #84E253

split-complementary

#53CBE2 #E25384 #E2B153

monochromatic

#1B8AA0 #24B8D4 #53CBE2 #87DBEB #BCEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#53CBE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#53CBE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CBE2

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CBE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CBE2	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C4E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B5E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cbe2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 203, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.110 212.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dbeb',
    500: '#53cbe2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cbe2;
$custom-light: #92dbeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cbe2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.65,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78351,
    "c": 0.11047,
    "h": 212.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CBE2

secondary

#A34837

accent

#3112D3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FBFD

border

#CFD4D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CBE2

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

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