#53B6BE#53B6BE

#53B6BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.093 H 202.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B6BE
RGB	rgb(83, 182, 190)
HSL	hsl(184, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(184, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 4.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.76, -26.48, -12.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.76, 29.43, 205.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% -0.0856 -0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.093 202.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.5856, 39.0097, 54.6757)
Luminance	0.3901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B6BE #BE5B53

analogous

#53BE90 #53B6BE #5380BE

triadic

#53B6BE #BE53B6 #B6BE53

tetradic

#53B6BE #9053BE #BE5B53 #80BE53

square

#53B6BE #9053BE #BE5B53 #80BE53

split-complementary

#53B6BE #BE5380 #BE9053

monochromatic

#29686D #3A939A #53B6BE #7FC9CF #ACDCE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#53B6BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#53B6BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B6BE

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B6BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B6BE	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAFBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b6be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 182, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.093 202.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dccd1',
    500: '#53b6be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b6be;
$custom-light: #8dccd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b6be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.486,
    "s": 45.148,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72059,
    "c": 0.09269,
    "h": 202.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B6BE

secondary

#CDA39F

accent

#5D53D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B6BE

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

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