#53BABB#53BABB

#53BABB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.095 H 196.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BABB
RGB	rgb(83, 186, 187)
HSL	hsl(181, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(181, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 0.5%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, -29.28, -9.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 30.79, 198.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.0913 -0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.095 196.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.0920, 40.5417, 53.2436)
Luminance	0.4054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BABB #BB5453

analogous

#53BB88 #53BABB #5386BB

triadic

#53BABB #BB53BA #BABB53

tetradic

#53BABB #8853BB #BB5453 #86BB53

square

#53BABB #8853BB #BB5453 #86BB53

split-complementary

#53BABB #BB5386 #BB8853

monochromatic

#2A696A #3B9596 #53BABB #7FCCCC #ABDDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#53BABB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#53BABB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BABB

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BABB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BABB	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB2BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA5BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53babb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 186, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.095 196.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecfcf',
    500: '#53babb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53babb;
$custom-light: #8ecfcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53babb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.577,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72911,
    "c": 0.09503,
    "h": 196.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BABB

secondary

#CB9F9E

accent

#5655D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BABB

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

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