#53B2BB#53B2BB

#53B2BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.090 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B2BB
RGB	rgb(83, 178, 187)
HSL	hsl(185, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(185, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 4.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.48, -25.33, -13.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.48, 28.52, 207.36°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% -0.0825 -0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.09 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.4536, 37.2649, 52.6974)
Luminance	0.3727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B2BB #BB5C53

analogous

#53BB90 #53B2BB #537EBB

triadic

#53B2BB #BB53B2 #B2BB53

tetradic

#53B2BB #9053BB #BB5C53 #7EBB53

square

#53B2BB #9053BB #BB5C53 #7EBB53

split-complementary

#53B2BB #BB537E #BB9053

monochromatic

#2A646A #3B8E96 #53B2BB #7FC6CC #ABD9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#53B2BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#53B2BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B2BB

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B2BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B2BB	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	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)

#A6ABBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959FBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b2bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 178, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.090 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc9cf',
    500: '#53b2bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b2bb;
$custom-light: #8dc9cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b2bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.192,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70994,
    "c": 0.09009,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B2BB

secondary

#CBA29E

accent

#6055D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B2BB

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

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