#53B7B3#53B7B3

#53B7B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.093 H 191.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B7B3
RGB	rgb(83, 183, 179)
HSL	hsl(178, 41%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(178, 55%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 0%, 2.2%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, -29.99, -6.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 30.76, 192.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.92% -0.0914 -0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(71.92% 0.093 191.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.6340, 38.9579, 48.6497)
Luminance	0.3896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B7B3 #B75357

analogous

#53B781 #53B7B3 #5389B7

triadic

#53B7B3 #B353B7 #B7B353

tetradic

#53B7B3 #8153B7 #B75357 #89B753

square

#53B7B3 #8153B7 #B75357 #89B753

split-complementary

#53B7B3 #B75389 #B78153

monochromatic

#2A6563 #3C908D #53B7B3 #7EC9C6 #A9DBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#53B7B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#53B7B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B7B3

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B7B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B7B3	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)

#ADAFB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA3B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b7b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 183, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.093 191.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcdc9',
    500: '#53b7b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b7b3;
$custom-light: #8dcdc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b7b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.6,
    "s": 40.984,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71917,
    "c": 0.09339,
    "h": 191.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B7B3

secondary

#C99D9F

accent

#575CD1

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B7B3

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

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