#53B7BB#53B7BB

#53B7BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.093 H 198.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B7BB
RGB	rgb(83, 183, 187)
HSL	hsl(182, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(182, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 2.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, -27.81, -10.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 29.86, 201.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.088 -0.0301)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.093 198.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.4667, 39.2910, 53.0351)
Luminance	0.3929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B7BB #BB5753

analogous

#53BB8B #53B7BB #5383BB

triadic

#53B7BB #BB53B7 #B7BB53

tetradic

#53B7BB #8B53BB #BB5753 #83BB53

square

#53B7BB #8B53BB #BB5753 #83BB53

split-complementary

#53B7BB #BB5383 #BB8B53

monochromatic

#2A676A #3B9296 #53B7BB #7FC9CC #ABDCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#53B7BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#53B7BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B7BB

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B7BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B7BB	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB0BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA3BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b7bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 183, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.093 198.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcdcf',
    500: '#53b7bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b7bb;
$custom-light: #8dcdcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b7bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.308,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72191,
    "c": 0.093,
    "h": 198.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B7BB

secondary

#CBA09E

accent

#5A55D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B7BB

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

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