#53B5BE#53B5BE

#53B5BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.092 H 203.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B5BE
RGB	rgb(83, 181, 190)
HSL	hsl(185, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(185, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 4.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, -25.98, -13.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 29.18, 207.07°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% -0.0845 -0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.092 203.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.3816, 38.6016, 54.6077)
Luminance	0.3860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B5BE #BE5C53

analogous

#53BE91 #53B5BE #537FBE

triadic

#53B5BE #BE53B5 #B5BE53

tetradic

#53B5BE #9153BE #BE5C53 #7FBE53

square

#53B5BE #9153BE #BE5C53 #7FBE53

split-complementary

#53B5BE #BE537F #BE9153

monochromatic

#29686D #3A929A #53B5BE #7FC8CF #ACDBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#53B5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#53B5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B5BE

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B5BE	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A2BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 181, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.092 203.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcbd1',
    500: '#53b5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b5be;
$custom-light: #8dcbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.047,
    "s": 45.148,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7182,
    "c": 0.09217,
    "h": 203.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B5BE

secondary

#CDA39F

accent

#5E53D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B5BE

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

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