#53B2BA#53B2BA

#53B2BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.090 H 202.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B2BA
RGB	rgb(83, 178, 186)
HSL	hsl(185, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(185, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 4.3%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.44, -25.61, -12.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.44, 28.54, 206.20°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% -0.0829 -0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.09 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.3470, 37.2222, 52.1356)
Luminance	0.3723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B2BA #BA5B53

analogous

#53BA8E #53B2BA #537EBA

triadic

#53B2BA #BA53B2 #B2BA53

tetradic

#53B2BA #8E53BA #BA5B53 #7EBA53

square

#53B2BA #8E53BA #BA5B53 #7EBA53

split-complementary

#53B2BA #BA537E #BA8E53

monochromatic

#2A6469 #3B8D94 #53B2BA #7FC6CC #AAD9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#53B2BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#53B2BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B2BA

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B2BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B2BA	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ABBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969FBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b2ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 178, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.090 202.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc9ce',
    500: '#53b2ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b2ba;
$custom-light: #8dc9ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b2ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.66,
    "s": 42.739,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70958,
    "c": 0.08992,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B2BA

secondary

#CBA29E

accent

#5F55D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B2BA

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

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