#53B2BD#53B2BD

#53B2BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.090 H 205.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B2BD
RGB	rgb(83, 178, 189)
HSL	hsl(186, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(186, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.54, -24.76, -14.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.54, 28.50, 209.68°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% -0.0817 -0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.091 205.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.6692, 37.3511, 53.8329)
Luminance	0.3735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B2BD #BD5E53

analogous

#53BD93 #53B2BD #537DBD

triadic

#53B2BD #BD53B2 #B2BD53

tetradic

#53B2BD #9353BD #BD5E53 #7DBD53

square

#53B2BD #9353BD #BD5E53 #7DBD53

split-complementary

#53B2BD #BD537D #BD9353

monochromatic

#29656C #3A8F98 #53B2BD #7FC6CE #ABDADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#53B2BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#53B2BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B2BD

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B2BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B2BD	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ACBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959FBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b2bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 178, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.090 205.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc9d0',
    500: '#53b2bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b2bd;
$custom-light: #8dc9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b2bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.226,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71067,
    "c": 0.0905,
    "h": 205.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B2BD

secondary

#CDA49F

accent

#6154D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B2BD

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

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