#53B8BD#53B8BD

#53B8BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.094 H 199.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B8BD
RGB	rgb(83, 184, 189)
HSL	hsl(183, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(183, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, -27.75, -11.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 30.01, 202.40°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.0882 -0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.094 199.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.8892, 39.7912, 54.2396)
Luminance	0.3979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B8BD #BD5853

analogous

#53BD8D #53B8BD #5383BD

triadic

#53B8BD #BD53B8 #B8BD53

tetradic

#53B8BD #8D53BD #BD5853 #83BD53

square

#53B8BD #8D53BD #BD5853 #83BD53

split-complementary

#53B8BD #BD5383 #BD8D53

monochromatic

#29696C #3A9498 #53B8BD #7FCACE #ABDDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#53B8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#53B8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B8BD

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B8BD	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB1BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 184, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.094 199.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecdd0',
    500: '#53b8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b8bd;
$custom-light: #8ecdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.83,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72501,
    "c": 0.09374,
    "h": 199.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B8BD

secondary

#CDA19F

accent

#5A54D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B8BD

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

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