#53B5BC#53B5BC

#53B5BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.092 H 201.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B5BC
RGB	rgb(83, 181, 188)
HSL	hsl(184, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(184, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 3.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.40, -26.54, -12.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.40, 29.24, 204.81°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% -0.0854 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.092 201.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.1645, 38.5148, 53.4643)
Luminance	0.3852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B5BC #BC5A53

analogous

#53BC8E #53B5BC #5380BC

triadic

#53B5BC #BC53B5 #B5BC53

tetradic

#53B5BC #8E53BC #BC5A53 #80BC53

square

#53B5BC #8E53BC #BC5A53 #80BC53

split-complementary

#53B5BC #BC5380 #BC8E53

monochromatic

#2A676B #3B9197 #53B5BC #7FC8CD #ABDBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#53B5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#53B5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B5BC

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B5BC	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AEBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 181, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.092 201.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcbd0',
    500: '#53b5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b5bc;
$custom-light: #8dcbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71748,
    "c": 0.09187,
    "h": 201.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B5BC

secondary

#CCA29F

accent

#5D54D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B5BC

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

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