#53B3BB#53B3BB

#53B3BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.091 H 202.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B3BB
RGB	rgb(83, 179, 187)
HSL	hsl(185, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(185, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 4.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, -25.83, -12.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 28.76, 206.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% -0.0836 -0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.091 202.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.6533, 37.6643, 52.7640)
Luminance	0.3767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B3BB #BB5B53

analogous

#53BB8F #53B3BB #537FBB

triadic

#53B3BB #BB53B3 #B3BB53

tetradic

#53B3BB #8F53BB #BB5B53 #7FBB53

square

#53B3BB #8F53BB #BB5B53 #7FBB53

split-complementary

#53B3BB #BB537F #BB8F53

monochromatic

#2A656A #3B8F96 #53B3BB #7FC6CC #ABDADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#53B3BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#53B3BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B3BB

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B3BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B3BB	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ACBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A0BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b3bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 179, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.091 202.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcacf',
    500: '#53b3bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b3bb;
$custom-light: #8dcacf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b3bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.615,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71233,
    "c": 0.09062,
    "h": 202.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B3BB

secondary

#CBA29E

accent

#5E55D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B3BB

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

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