#53B1B3#53B1B3

#53B1B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.089 H 197.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B1B3
RGB	rgb(83, 177, 179)
HSL	hsl(181, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(181, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 1.1%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.93, -27.05, -9.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.93, 28.67, 199.34°)
OKLab	oklab(70.47% -0.0848 -0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(70.47% 0.089 197.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.4227, 36.5354, 48.2460)
Luminance	0.3654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B1B3 #B35553

analogous

#53B385 #53B1B3 #5381B3

triadic

#53B1B3 #B353B1 #B1B353

tetradic

#53B1B3 #8553B3 #B35553 #81B353

square

#53B1B3 #8553B3 #B35553 #81B353

split-complementary

#53B1B3 #B35381 #B38553

monochromatic

#2B6061 #3E8A8B #53B1B3 #7DC4C6 #A8D7D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#53B1B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#53B1B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B1B3

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B1B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B1B3	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6AAB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979EB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b1b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 177, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.089 197.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc8c9',
    500: '#53b1b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b1b3;
$custom-light: #8cc8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b1b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.25,
    "s": 38.71,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70469,
    "c": 0.08874,
    "h": 197.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B1B3

secondary

#C69D9C

accent

#5C59CF

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B1B3

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

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