#53B1BB#53B1BB

#53B1BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.090 H 204.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B1BB
RGB	rgb(83, 177, 187)
HSL	hsl(186, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(186, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 5.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.18, -24.83, -13.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.18, 28.28, 208.63°)
OKLab	oklab(70.76% -0.0814 -0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(70.76% 0.09 204.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.2554, 36.8684, 52.6313)
Luminance	0.3687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B1BB #BB5D53

analogous

#53BB91 #53B1BB #537DBB

triadic

#53B1BB #BB53B1 #B1BB53

tetradic

#53B1BB #9153BB #BB5D53 #7DBB53

square

#53B1BB #9153BB #BB5D53 #7DBB53

split-complementary

#53B1BB #BB537D #BB9153

monochromatic

#2A646A #3B8D96 #53B1BB #7FC5CC #ABD9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#53B1BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#53B1BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B1BB

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B1BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B1BB	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ABBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949EBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b1bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 177, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.090 204.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc8cf',
    500: '#53b1bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b1bb;
$custom-light: #8dc8cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b1bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.769,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70755,
    "c": 0.08959,
    "h": 204.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B1BB

secondary

#CBA39E

accent

#6155D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B1BB

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

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