#53B8BE#53B8BE

#53B8BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.094 H 200.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B8BE
RGB	rgb(83, 184, 190)
HSL	hsl(183, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(183, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 3.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, -27.47, -11.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 29.95, 203.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% -0.0878 -0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.094 200.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.9982, 39.8347, 54.8132)
Luminance	0.3984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B8BE #BE5953

analogous

#53BE8E #53B8BE #5382BE

triadic

#53B8BE #BE53B8 #B8BE53

tetradic

#53B8BE #8E53BE #BE5953 #82BE53

square

#53B8BE #8E53BE #BE5953 #82BE53

split-complementary

#53B8BE #BE5382 #BE8E53

monochromatic

#29696D #3A949A #53B8BE #7FCACF #ACDDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#53B8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#53B8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B8BE

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B8BE	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB1BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 184, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.094 200.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecdd1',
    500: '#53b8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b8be;
$custom-light: #8ecdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.364,
    "s": 45.148,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72537,
    "c": 0.09382,
    "h": 200.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B8BE

secondary

#CDA29F

accent

#5A53D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B8BE

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

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