#53B9BB#53B9BB

#53B9BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.094 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B9BB
RGB	rgb(83, 185, 187)
HSL	hsl(181, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(181, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 1.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, -28.79, -9.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 30.47, 199.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% -0.0902 -0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.094 197)
XYZ	xyz(29.8821, 40.1218, 53.1736)
Luminance	0.4012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B9BB #BB5553

analogous

#53BB89 #53B9BB #5385BB

triadic

#53B9BB #BB53B9 #B9BB53

tetradic

#53B9BB #8953BB #BB5553 #85BB53

square

#53B9BB #8953BB #BB5553 #85BB53

split-complementary

#53B9BB #BB5385 #BB8953

monochromatic

#2A696A #3B9496 #53B9BB #7FCBCC #ABDDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#53B9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#53B9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B9BB

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B9BB	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB1BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 185, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.094 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcecf',
    500: '#53b9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b9bb;
$custom-light: #8dcecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.154,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72671,
    "c": 0.09432,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.40125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B9BB

secondary

#CB9F9E

accent

#5755D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B9BB

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

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