#53B7BD#53B7BD

#53B7BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.093 H 200.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B7BD
RGB	rgb(83, 183, 189)
HSL	hsl(183, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(183, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 3.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, -27.26, -11.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 29.73, 203.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% -0.0871 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.093 200.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.6822, 39.3772, 54.1706)
Luminance	0.3938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B7BD #BD5953

analogous

#53BD8E #53B7BD #5382BD

triadic

#53B7BD #BD53B7 #B7BD53

tetradic

#53B7BD #8E53BD #BD5953 #82BD53

square

#53B7BD #8E53BD #BD5953 #82BD53

split-complementary

#53B7BD #BD5382 #BD8E53

monochromatic

#29686C #3A9398 #53B7BD #7FCACE #ABDCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#53B7BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#53B7BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B7BD

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B7BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B7BD	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b7bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 183, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.093 200.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcdd0',
    500: '#53b7bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b7bd;
$custom-light: #8dcdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b7bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.396,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72262,
    "c": 0.09314,
    "h": 200.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B7BD

secondary

#CDA29F

accent

#5B54D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B7BD

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

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