#53B6BB#53B6BB

#53B6BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.092 H 199.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B6BB
RGB	rgb(83, 182, 187)
HSL	hsl(183, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(183, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 2.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, -27.32, -11.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 29.57, 202.51°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% -0.0869 -0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.092 199.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.2611, 38.8799, 52.9666)
Luminance	0.3888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B6BB #BB5853

analogous

#53BB8C #53B6BB #5382BB

triadic

#53B6BB #BB53B6 #B6BB53

tetradic

#53B6BB #8C53BB #BB5853 #82BB53

square

#53B6BB #8C53BB #BB5853 #82BB53

split-complementary

#53B6BB #BB5382 #BB8C53

monochromatic

#2A676A #3B9196 #53B6BB #7FC9CC #ABDBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#53B6BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#53B6BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B6BB

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B6BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B6BB	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAFBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA2BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b6bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 182, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.092 199.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcccf',
    500: '#53b6bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b6bb;
$custom-light: #8dcccf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b6bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.885,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71952,
    "c": 0.09237,
    "h": 199.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B6BB

secondary

#CBA19E

accent

#5B55D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B6BB

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

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