#53B8BF#53B8BF

#53B8BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.094 H 201.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B8BF
RGB	rgb(83, 184, 191)
HSL	hsl(184, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(184, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 3.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, -27.19, -12.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 29.90, 204.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.0874 -0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.094 201.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.1078, 39.8786, 55.3908)
Luminance	0.3988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B8BF #BF5A53

analogous

#53BF90 #53B8BF #5382BF

triadic

#53B8BF #BF53B8 #B8BF53

tetradic

#53B8BF #9053BF #BF5A53 #82BF53

square

#53B8BF #9053BF #BF5A53 #82BF53

split-complementary

#53B8BF #BF5382 #BF9053

monochromatic

#296A6E #3A959B #53B8BF #80CAD0 #ACDDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#53B8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#53B8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B8BF

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B8BF	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB1C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 184, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.094 201.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecdd2',
    500: '#53b8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b8bf;
$custom-light: #8ecdd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.889,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72572,
    "c": 0.09393,
    "h": 201.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B8BF

secondary

#CEA3A0

accent

#5B52D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B8BF

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

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