#53B1BD#53B1BD

#53B1BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.090 H 206.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B1BD
RGB	rgb(83, 177, 189)
HSL	hsl(187, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(187, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 6.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.24, -24.26, -14.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.24, 28.29, 210.97°)
OKLab	oklab(70.83% -0.0806 -0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(70.83% 0.09 206.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.4710, 36.9547, 53.7668)
Luminance	0.3696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B1BD #BD5F53

analogous

#53BD94 #53B1BD #537CBD

triadic

#53B1BD #BD53B1 #B1BD53

tetradic

#53B1BD #9453BD #BD5F53 #7CBD53

square

#53B1BD #9453BD #BD5F53 #7CBD53

split-complementary

#53B1BD #BD537C #BD9453

monochromatic

#29656C #3A8E98 #53B1BD #7FC5CE #ABD9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#53B1BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#53B1BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B1BD

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B1BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B1BD	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ABBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949EBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b1bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 177, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.090 206.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc8d0',
    500: '#53b1bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b1bd;
$custom-light: #8dc8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b1bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.792,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70829,
    "c": 0.09006,
    "h": 206.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B1BD

secondary

#CDA49F

accent

#6254D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B1BD

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

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