#53B1BE#53B1BE

#53B1BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.090 H 207.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B1BE
RGB	rgb(83, 177, 190)
HSL	hsl(187, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(187, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 6.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.28, -23.97, -15.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.28, 28.31, 212.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.87% -0.0801 -0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(70.87% 0.09 207.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.5799, 36.9982, 54.3404)
Luminance	0.3700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B1BE #BE6053

analogous

#53BE95 #53B1BE #537BBE

triadic

#53B1BE #BE53B1 #B1BE53

tetradic

#53B1BE #9553BE #BE6053 #7BBE53

square

#53B1BE #9553BE #BE6053 #7BBE53

split-complementary

#53B1BE #BE537B #BE9553

monochromatic

#29656D #3A8E9A #53B1BE #7FC5CF #ACD9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#53B1BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#53B1BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B1BE

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B1BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B1BE	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ABBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939FBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b1be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 177, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.090 207.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc8d1',
    500: '#53b1be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b1be;
$custom-light: #8dc8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b1be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.29,
    "s": 45.148,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70866,
    "c": 0.09032,
    "h": 207.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B1BE

secondary

#CDA59F

accent

#6353D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B1BE

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

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