#53B4BE#53B4BE

#53B4BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.092 H 204.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B4BE
RGB	rgb(83, 180, 190)
HSL	hsl(186, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(186, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 5.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, -25.48, -13.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 28.94, 208.30°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% -0.0834 -0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.092 204.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.1790, 38.1964, 54.5401)
Luminance	0.3820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B4BE #BE5D53

analogous

#53BE92 #53B4BE #537EBE

triadic

#53B4BE #BE53B4 #B4BE53

tetradic

#53B4BE #9253BE #BE5D53 #7EBE53

square

#53B4BE #9253BE #BE5D53 #7EBE53

split-complementary

#53B4BE #BE537E #BE9253

monochromatic

#29676D #3A919A #53B4BE #7FC7CF #ACDBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#53B4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#53B4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B4BE

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B4BE	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A1BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 180, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.092 204.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcad1',
    500: '#53b4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b4be;
$custom-light: #8dcad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.607,
    "s": 45.148,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71581,
    "c": 0.09166,
    "h": 204.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B4BE

secondary

#CDA49F

accent

#5F53D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B4BE

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

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