#53B3BE#53B3BE

#53B3BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.091 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B3BE
RGB	rgb(83, 179, 190)
HSL	hsl(186, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(186, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.87, -24.98, -14.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.87, 28.72, 209.56°)
OKLab	oklab(71.34% -0.0823 -0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(71.34% 0.091 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.9778, 37.7941, 54.4731)
Luminance	0.3780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B3BE #BE5E53

analogous

#53BE93 #53B3BE #537DBE

triadic

#53B3BE #BE53B3 #B3BE53

tetradic

#53B3BE #9353BE #BE5E53 #7DBE53

square

#53B3BE #9353BE #BE5E53 #7DBE53

split-complementary

#53B3BE #BE537D #BE9353

monochromatic

#29666D #3A909A #53B3BE #7FC7CF #ACDAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#53B3BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#53B3BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B3BE

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B3BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B3BE	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ADBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A0BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b3be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 179, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.091 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcad1',
    500: '#53b3be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b3be;
$custom-light: #8dcad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b3be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.168,
    "s": 45.148,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71343,
    "c": 0.09119,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B3BE

secondary

#CDA49F

accent

#6053D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B3BE

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

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