#53B3B3#53B3B3

#53B3B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.090 H 195.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B3B3
RGB	rgb(83, 179, 179)
HSL	hsl(180, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(180, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 0%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.52, -28.04, -8.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.52, 29.33, 197.06°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% -0.087 -0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.09 195.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.8207, 37.3312, 48.3786)
Luminance	0.3733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B3B3 #B35353

analogous

#53B383 #53B3B3 #5383B3

triadic

#53B3B3 #B353B3 #B3B353

tetradic

#53B3B3 #8353B3 #B35353 #83B353

square

#53B3B3 #8353B3 #B35353 #83B353

split-complementary

#53B3B3 #B35383 #B38353

monochromatic

#2B6161 #3E8B8B #53B3B3 #7DC6C6 #A8D9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#53B3B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#53B3B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B3B3

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B3B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B3B3	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)

#A9ABB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999FB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b3b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 179, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.090 195.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccac9',
    500: '#53b3b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b3b3;
$custom-light: #8ccac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b3b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 38.71,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70952,
    "c": 0.0902,
    "h": 195.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B3B3

secondary

#C69C9C

accent

#5959CF

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B3B3

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

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