#53B2BF#53B2BF

#53B2BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.091 H 207.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B2BF
RGB	rgb(83, 178, 191)
HSL	hsl(187, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(187, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 6.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.60, -24.19, -15.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.60, 28.53, 212.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% -0.0808 -0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.091 207.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.8878, 37.4386, 54.9841)
Luminance	0.3744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B2BF #BF6053

analogous

#53BF96 #53B2BF #537CBF

triadic

#53B2BF #BF53B2 #B2BF53

tetradic

#53B2BF #9653BF #BF6053 #7CBF53

square

#53B2BF #9653BF #BF6053 #7CBF53

split-complementary

#53B2BF #BF537C #BF9653

monochromatic

#29666E #3A8F9B #53B2BF #80C6D0 #ACDAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#53B2BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#53B2BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B2BF

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B2BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B2BF	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ACC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949FBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b2bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 178, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.091 207.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc9d2',
    500: '#53b2bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b2bf;
$custom-light: #8dc9d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b2bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.222,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71141,
    "c": 0.09101,
    "h": 207.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B2BF

secondary

#CEA5A0

accent

#6252D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B2BF

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

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