#53B7BE#53B7BE

#53B7BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.093 H 201.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B7BE
RGB	rgb(83, 183, 190)
HSL	hsl(184, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(184, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 3.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, -26.98, -12.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 29.68, 204.66°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.0867 -0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.093 201.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.7912, 39.4208, 54.7442)
Luminance	0.3942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B7BE #BE5A53

analogous

#53BE8F #53B7BE #5381BE

triadic

#53B7BE #BE53B7 #B7BE53

tetradic

#53B7BE #8F53BE #BE5A53 #81BE53

square

#53B7BE #8F53BE #BE5A53 #81BE53

split-complementary

#53B7BE #BE5381 #BE8F53

monochromatic

#29696D #3A939A #53B7BE #7FCACF #ACDCE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#53B7BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#53B7BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B7BE

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B7BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B7BE	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	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)

#ABB0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b7be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 183, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.093 201.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcdd1',
    500: '#53b7be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b7be;
$custom-light: #8dcdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b7be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.925,
    "s": 45.148,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72298,
    "c": 0.09325,
    "h": 201.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B7BE

secondary

#CDA29F

accent

#5B53D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B7BE

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

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