#53B3BC#53B3BC

#53B3BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.091 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B3BC
RGB	rgb(83, 179, 188)
HSL	hsl(185, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(185, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 4.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.80, -25.55, -13.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.80, 28.74, 207.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.27% -0.0832 -0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(71.27% 0.091 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.7607, 37.7073, 53.3298)
Luminance	0.3771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B3BC #BC5C53

analogous

#53BC90 #53B3BC #537EBC

triadic

#53B3BC #BC53B3 #B3BC53

tetradic

#53B3BC #9053BC #BC5C53 #7EBC53

square

#53B3BC #9053BC #BC5C53 #7EBC53

split-complementary

#53B3BC #BC537E #BC9053

monochromatic

#2A656B #3B8F97 #53B3BC #7FC6CD #ABDADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#53B3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#53B3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B3BC

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B3BC	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ACBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A0BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 179, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.091 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcad0',
    500: '#53b3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b3bc;
$custom-light: #8dcad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.143,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7127,
    "c": 0.09079,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B3BC

secondary

#CCA39F

accent

#5F54D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B3BC

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

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