#53B5BB#53B5BB

#53B5BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.092 H 200.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B5BB
RGB	rgb(83, 181, 187)
HSL	hsl(183, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(183, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 3.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, -26.82, -11.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 29.29, 203.68°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% -0.0858 -0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.092 200.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.0571, 38.4718, 52.8986)
Luminance	0.3847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B5BB #BB5953

analogous

#53BB8D #53B5BB #5381BB

triadic

#53B5BB #BB53B5 #B5BB53

tetradic

#53B5BB #8D53BB #BB5953 #81BB53

square

#53B5BB #8D53BB #BB5953 #81BB53

split-complementary

#53B5BB #BB5381 #BB8D53

monochromatic

#2A666A #3B9096 #53B5BB #7FC8CC #ABDBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#53B5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#53B5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B5BB

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B5BB	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)

#A9AEBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 181, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.092 200.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcbcf',
    500: '#53b5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b5bb;
$custom-light: #8dcbcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.462,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71712,
    "c": 0.09176,
    "h": 200.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B5BB

secondary

#CBA19E

accent

#5C55D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B5BB

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

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