#53B4BB#53B4BB

#53B4BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.091 H 201.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B4BB
RGB	rgb(83, 180, 187)
HSL	hsl(184, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(184, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 3.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.07, -26.33, -12.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.07, 29.02, 204.88°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% -0.0847 -0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.091 201.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.8545, 38.0666, 52.8310)
Luminance	0.3807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B4BB #BB5A53

analogous

#53BB8E #53B4BB #5380BB

triadic

#53B4BB #BB53B4 #B4BB53

tetradic

#53B4BB #8E53BB #BB5A53 #80BB53

square

#53B4BB #8E53BB #BB5A53 #80BB53

split-complementary

#53B4BB #BB5380 #BB8E53

monochromatic

#2A656A #3B9096 #53B4BB #7FC7CC #ABDADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#53B4BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#53B4BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B4BB

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B4BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B4BB	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)

#A8ADBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b4bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 180, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.091 201.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcacf',
    500: '#53b4bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b4bb;
$custom-light: #8dcacf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b4bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.038,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71473,
    "c": 0.09118,
    "h": 201.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B4BB

secondary

#CBA19E

accent

#5D55D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B4BB

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

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