#53B4BF#53B4BF

#53B4BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.092 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B4BF
RGB	rgb(83, 180, 191)
HSL	hsl(186, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(186, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.20, -25.20, -14.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.20, 28.94, 209.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.62% -0.083 -0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(71.62% 0.092 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.2886, 38.2403, 55.1177)
Luminance	0.3824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B4BF #BF5E53

analogous

#53BF94 #53B4BF #537EBF

triadic

#53B4BF #BF53B4 #B4BF53

tetradic

#53B4BF #9453BF #BF5E53 #7EBF53

square

#53B4BF #9453BF #BF5E53 #7EBF53

split-complementary

#53B4BF #BF537E #BF9453

monochromatic

#29676E #3A919B #53B4BF #80C7D0 #ACDBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#53B4BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#53B4BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B4BF

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B4BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B4BF	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A1BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b4bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 180, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.092 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcad2',
    500: '#53b4bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b4bf;
$custom-light: #8dcad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b4bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.111,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71618,
    "c": 0.09188,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B4BF

secondary

#CEA5A0

accent

#6052D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B4BF

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

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