#53B5BA#53B5BA

#53B5BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.092 H 199.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B5BA
RGB	rgb(83, 181, 186)
HSL	hsl(183, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(183, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 2.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, -27.10, -11.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 29.35, 202.56°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% -0.0862 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.092 199.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.9504, 38.4291, 52.3367)
Luminance	0.3843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B5BA #BA5853

analogous

#53BA8C #53B5BA #5381BA

triadic

#53B5BA #BA53B5 #B5BA53

tetradic

#53B5BA #8C53BA #BA5853 #81BA53

square

#53B5BA #8C53BA #BA5853 #81BA53

split-complementary

#53B5BA #BA5381 #BA8C53

monochromatic

#2A6669 #3B9094 #53B5BA #7FC8CC #AADBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#53B5BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#53B5BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B5BA

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B5BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B5BA	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AEBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A1BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b5ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 181, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.092 199.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcbce',
    500: '#53b5ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b5ba;
$custom-light: #8dcbce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b5ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.913,
    "s": 42.739,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71677,
    "c": 0.09167,
    "h": 199.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B5BA

secondary

#CBA09E

accent

#5B55D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B5BA

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

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