#53B9BD#53B9BD

#53B9BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.094 H 198.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B9BD
RGB	rgb(83, 185, 189)
HSL	hsl(182, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(182, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 2.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, -28.24, -10.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 30.30, 201.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% -0.0893 -0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.094 198.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.0977, 40.2081, 54.3090)
Luminance	0.4021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B9BD #BD5753

analogous

#53BD8C #53B9BD #5384BD

triadic

#53B9BD #BD53B9 #B9BD53

tetradic

#53B9BD #8C53BD #BD5753 #84BD53

square

#53B9BD #8C53BD #BD5753 #84BD53

split-complementary

#53B9BD #BD5384 #BD8C53

monochromatic

#296A6C #3A9598 #53B9BD #7FCBCE #ABDDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#53B9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#53B9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B9BD

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B9BD	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA5BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 185, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.094 198.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eced0',
    500: '#53b9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b9bd;
$custom-light: #8eced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.264,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72741,
    "c": 0.09436,
    "h": 198.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B9BD

secondary

#CDA19F

accent

#5854D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B9BD

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

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