#53B9BE#53B9BE

#53B9BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.094 H 199.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B9BE
RGB	rgb(83, 185, 190)
HSL	hsl(183, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(183, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, -27.96, -11.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 30.23, 202.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% -0.0889 -0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.094 199.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.2066, 40.2517, 54.8827)
Luminance	0.4026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B9BE #BE5853

analogous

#53BE8D #53B9BE #5383BE

triadic

#53B9BE #BE53B9 #B9BE53

tetradic

#53B9BE #8D53BE #BE5853 #83BE53

square

#53B9BE #8D53BE #BE5853 #83BE53

split-complementary

#53B9BE #BE5383 #BE8D53

monochromatic

#296A6D #3A959A #53B9BE #7FCBCF #ACDDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#53B9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#53B9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B9BE

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B9BE	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB2BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA5BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 185, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.094 199.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eced1',
    500: '#53b9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b9be;
$custom-light: #8eced1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.804,
    "s": 45.148,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72776,
    "c": 0.09443,
    "h": 199.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B9BE

secondary

#CDA29F

accent

#5953D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B9BE

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

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