#53B4BD#53B4BD

#53B4BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.091 H 203.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B4BD
RGB	rgb(83, 180, 189)
HSL	hsl(185, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(185, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 4.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.13, -25.76, -13.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.13, 28.96, 207.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% -0.0839 -0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.091 203.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.0701, 38.1528, 53.9665)
Luminance	0.3816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B4BD #BD5C53

analogous

#53BD91 #53B4BD #537FBD

triadic

#53B4BD #BD53B4 #B4BD53

tetradic

#53B4BD #9153BD #BD5C53 #7FBD53

square

#53B4BD #9153BD #BD5C53 #7FBD53

split-complementary

#53B4BD #BD537F #BD9153

monochromatic

#29666C #3A9098 #53B4BD #7FC7CE #ABDBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#53B4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#53B4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B4BD

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B4BD	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ADBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 180, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.091 203.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcad0',
    500: '#53b4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b4bd;
$custom-light: #8dcad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.094,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71545,
    "c": 0.09148,
    "h": 203.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B4BD

secondary

#CDA39F

accent

#5E54D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B4BD

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

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