#53B2BC#53B2BC

#53B2BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.090 H 204.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B2BC
RGB	rgb(83, 178, 188)
HSL	hsl(186, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(186, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 5.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.51, -25.05, -13.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.51, 28.50, 208.52°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% -0.0821 -0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.09 204.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.5611, 37.3079, 53.2632)
Luminance	0.3731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B2BC #BC5D53

analogous

#53BC91 #53B2BC #537DBC

triadic

#53B2BC #BC53B2 #B2BC53

tetradic

#53B2BC #9153BC #BC5D53 #7DBC53

square

#53B2BC #9153BC #BC5D53 #7DBC53

split-complementary

#53B2BC #BC537D #BC9153

monochromatic

#2A656B #3B8E97 #53B2BC #7FC6CD #ABD9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#53B2BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#53B2BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B2BC

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B2BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B2BC	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ABBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959FBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b2bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 178, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.090 204.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc9d0',
    500: '#53b2bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b2bc;
$custom-light: #8dc9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b2bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.714,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71031,
    "c": 0.09028,
    "h": 204.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B2BC

secondary

#CCA39F

accent

#6054D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B2BC

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

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