#53B2B2#53B2B2

#53B2B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.089 H 195.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B2B2
RGB	rgb(83, 178, 178)
HSL	hsl(180, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(180, 53%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 0%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, -27.82, -8.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 29.10, 197.07°)
OKLab	oklab(70.68% -0.0863 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(70.68% 0.09 195.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.5202, 36.8915, 47.7813)
Luminance	0.3689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B2B2 #B25353

analogous

#53B282 #53B2B2 #5382B2

triadic

#53B2B2 #B253B2 #B2B253

tetradic

#53B2B2 #8253B2 #B25353 #82B253

square

#53B2B2 #8253B2 #B25353 #82B253

split-complementary

#53B2B2 #B25382 #B28253

monochromatic

#2B6060 #3E8A8A #53B2B2 #7DC5C5 #A8D8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#53B2B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#53B2B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B2B2

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B2B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B2B2	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AAB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989FB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b2b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 178, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.089 195.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc9c9',
    500: '#53b2b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b2b2;
$custom-light: #8cc9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b2b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 38.153,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70676,
    "c": 0.0895,
    "h": 195.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B2B2

secondary

#C59B9B

accent

#5A5ACE

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B2B2

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

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