#53B4BA#53B4BA

#53B4BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.091 H 200.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B4BA
RGB	rgb(83, 180, 186)
HSL	hsl(183, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(183, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 3.2%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, -26.61, -11.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 29.07, 203.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% -0.0851 -0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.091 200.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.7478, 38.0239, 52.2692)
Luminance	0.3803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B4BA #BA5953

analogous

#53BA8C #53B4BA #5380BA

triadic

#53B4BA #BA53B4 #B4BA53

tetradic

#53B4BA #8C53BA #BA5953 #80BA53

square

#53B4BA #8C53BA #BA5953 #80BA53

split-complementary

#53B4BA #BA5380 #BA8C53

monochromatic

#2A6569 #3B8F94 #53B4BA #7FC7CC #AADADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#53B4BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#53B4BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B4BA

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B4BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B4BA	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ADBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b4ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 180, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.091 200.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcace',
    500: '#53b4ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b4ba;
$custom-light: #8dcace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b4ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.495,
    "s": 42.739,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71437,
    "c": 0.09106,
    "h": 200.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B4BA

secondary

#CBA19E

accent

#5D55D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B4BA

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →