#53B1BF#53B1BF

#53B1BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.091 H 208.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B1BF
RGB	rgb(83, 177, 191)
HSL	hsl(188, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(188, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 7.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.31, -23.69, -15.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.31, 28.34, 213.31°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% -0.0797 -0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.091 208.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.6896, 37.0421, 54.9180)
Luminance	0.3705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B1BF #BF6153

analogous

#53BF97 #53B1BF #537BBF

triadic

#53B1BF #BF53B1 #B1BF53

tetradic

#53B1BF #9753BF #BF6153 #7BBF53

square

#53B1BF #9753BF #BF6153 #7BBF53

split-complementary

#53B1BF #BF537B #BF9753

monochromatic

#29656E #3A8E9B #53B1BF #80C5D0 #ACD9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#53B1BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#53B1BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B1BF

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B1BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B1BF	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ABC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939FBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b1bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 177, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.091 208.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc8d2',
    500: '#53b1bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b1bf;
$custom-light: #8dc8d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b1bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.778,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70903,
    "c": 0.09061,
    "h": 208.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B1BF

secondary

#CEA6A0

accent

#6352D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B1BF

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

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