#53B6BC#53B6BC

#53B6BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.092 H 200.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B6BC
RGB	rgb(83, 182, 188)
HSL	hsl(183, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(183, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 3.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, -27.04, -11.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 29.51, 203.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% -0.0865 -0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.092 200.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.3686, 38.9229, 53.5324)
Luminance	0.3893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B6BC #BC5953

analogous

#53BC8E #53B6BC #5381BC

triadic

#53B6BC #BC53B6 #B6BC53

tetradic

#53B6BC #8E53BC #BC5953 #81BC53

square

#53B6BC #8E53BC #BC5953 #81BC53

split-complementary

#53B6BC #BC5381 #BC8E53

monochromatic

#2A676B #3B9297 #53B6BC #7FC9CD #ABDBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#53B6BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#53B6BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B6BC

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B6BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B6BC	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAFBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b6bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 182, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.092 200.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dccd0',
    500: '#53b6bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b6bc;
$custom-light: #8dccd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b6bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.429,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71987,
    "c": 0.09244,
    "h": 200.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B6BC

secondary

#CCA19F

accent

#5B54D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B6BC

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

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