#53B5BF#53B5BF

#53B5BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.092 H 204.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B5BF
RGB	rgb(83, 181, 191)
HSL	hsl(186, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(186, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 5.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, -25.70, -13.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 29.16, 208.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% -0.0841 -0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.092 204.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.4912, 38.6455, 55.1853)
Luminance	0.3865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B5BF #BF5D53

analogous

#53BF93 #53B5BF #537FBF

triadic

#53B5BF #BF53B5 #B5BF53

tetradic

#53B5BF #9353BF #BF5D53 #7FBF53

square

#53B5BF #9353BF #BF5D53 #7FBF53

split-complementary

#53B5BF #BF537F #BF9353

monochromatic

#29686E #3A929B #53B5BF #80C8D0 #ACDBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#53B5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#53B5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B5BF

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B5BF	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A2BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 181, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.092 204.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcbd2',
    500: '#53b5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b5bf;
$custom-light: #8dcbd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.556,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71856,
    "c": 0.09235,
    "h": 204.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B5BF

secondary

#CEA4A0

accent

#5F52D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B5BF

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

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