#53B2BE#53B2BE

#53B2BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.091 H 206.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B2BE
RGB	rgb(83, 178, 190)
HSL	hsl(187, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(187, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 6.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.57, -24.48, -14.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.57, 28.51, 210.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.1% -0.0812 -0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(71.1% 0.091 206.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.7781, 37.3947, 54.4065)
Luminance	0.3740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B2BE #BE5F53

analogous

#53BE94 #53B2BE #537CBE

triadic

#53B2BE #BE53B2 #B2BE53

tetradic

#53B2BE #9453BE #BE5F53 #7CBE53

square

#53B2BE #9453BE #BE5F53 #7CBE53

split-complementary

#53B2BE #BE537C #BE9453

monochromatic

#29666D #3A8F9A #53B2BE #7FC6CF #ACDAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#53B2BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#53B2BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B2BE

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B2BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B2BE	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ACBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949FBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b2be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 178, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.091 206.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc9d1',
    500: '#53b2be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b2be;
$custom-light: #8dc9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b2be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.729,
    "s": 45.148,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71104,
    "c": 0.09074,
    "h": 206.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B2BE

secondary

#CDA59F

accent

#6253D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B2BE

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

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