#53B4BC#53B4BC

#53B4BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.091 H 202.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B4BC
RGB	rgb(83, 180, 188)
HSL	hsl(185, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(185, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 4.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.10, -26.05, -12.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.10, 28.98, 206.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.51% -0.0843 -0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(71.51% 0.091 202.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.9619, 38.1095, 53.3968)
Luminance	0.3811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B4BC #BC5B53

analogous

#53BC8F #53B4BC #5380BC

triadic

#53B4BC #BC53B4 #B4BC53

tetradic

#53B4BC #8F53BC #BC5B53 #80BC53

square

#53B4BC #8F53BC #BC5B53 #80BC53

split-complementary

#53B4BC #BC5380 #BC8F53

monochromatic

#2A666B #3B9097 #53B4BC #7FC7CD #ABDADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#53B4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#53B4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B4BC

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B4BC	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ADBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 180, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.091 202.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcad0',
    500: '#53b4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b4bc;
$custom-light: #8dcad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.571,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71509,
    "c": 0.09132,
    "h": 202.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B4BC

secondary

#CCA29F

accent

#5E54D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B4BC

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

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