#53B0BC#53B0BC

#53B0BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.089 H 206.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B0BC
RGB	rgb(83, 176, 188)
HSL	hsl(187, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(187, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 6.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.91, -24.04, -14.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.91, 28.07, 211.10°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% -0.0799 -0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.089 206.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.1660, 36.5178, 53.1315)
Luminance	0.3652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B0BC #BC5F53

analogous

#53BC93 #53B0BC #537BBC

triadic

#53B0BC #BC53B0 #B0BC53

tetradic

#53B0BC #9353BC #BC5F53 #7BBC53

square

#53B0BC #9353BC #BC5F53 #7BBC53

split-complementary

#53B0BC #BC537B #BC9353

monochromatic

#2A636B #3B8C97 #53B0BC #7FC4CD #ABD8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#53B0BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#53B0BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B0BC

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B0BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B0BC	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b0bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 176, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.089 206.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc8d0',
    500: '#53b0bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b0bc;
$custom-light: #8dc8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b0bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.857,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70553,
    "c": 0.08936,
    "h": 206.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B0BC

secondary

#CCA49F

accent

#6354D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B0BC

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

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