#53B0BF#53B0BF

#53B0BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.090 H 209.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B0BF
RGB	rgb(83, 176, 191)
HSL	hsl(188, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(188, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 7.9%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.01, -23.18, -16.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.01, 28.17, 214.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.67% -0.0786 -0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(70.67% 0.09 209.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.4928, 36.6485, 54.8524)
Luminance	0.3665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B0BF #BF6253

analogous

#53BF98 #53B0BF #537ABF

triadic

#53B0BF #BF53B0 #B0BF53

tetradic

#53B0BF #9853BF #BF6253 #7ABF53

square

#53B0BF #9853BF #BF6253 #7ABF53

split-complementary

#53B0BF #BF537A #BF9853

monochromatic

#29656E #3A8E9B #53B0BF #80C4D0 #ACD9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#53B0BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#53B0BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B0BF

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B0BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B0BF	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AAC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929EBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b0bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 176, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.090 209.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc7d2',
    500: '#53b0bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b0bf;
$custom-light: #8dc7d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b0bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.333,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70665,
    "c": 0.09026,
    "h": 209.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B0BF

secondary

#CEA6A0

accent

#6552D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B0BF

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

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