#53B7BF#53B7BF

#53B7BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.093 H 202.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B7BF
RGB	rgb(83, 183, 191)
HSL	hsl(184, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(184, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 4.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, -26.70, -12.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 29.64, 205.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% -0.0863 -0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.093 202.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.9008, 39.4646, 55.3218)
Luminance	0.3947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B7BF #BF5B53

analogous

#53BF91 #53B7BF #5381BF

triadic

#53B7BF #BF53B7 #B7BF53

tetradic

#53B7BF #9153BF #BF5B53 #81BF53

square

#53B7BF #9153BF #BF5B53 #81BF53

split-complementary

#53B7BF #BF5381 #BF9153

monochromatic

#29696E #3A949B #53B7BF #80CAD0 #ACDCE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#53B7BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#53B7BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B7BF

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B7BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B7BF	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB0C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A3C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b7bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 183, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.093 202.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecdd2',
    500: '#53b7bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b7bf;
$custom-light: #8ecdd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b7bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.444,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72334,
    "c": 0.09338,
    "h": 202.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B7BF

secondary

#CEA3A0

accent

#5C52D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B7BF

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

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