#53BABC#53BABC

#53BABC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.095 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BABC
RGB	rgb(83, 186, 188)
HSL	hsl(181, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(181, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 1.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.88, -29.00, -10.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.88, 30.70, 199.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.0908 -0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.095 197)
XYZ	xyz(30.1995, 40.5847, 53.8093)
Luminance	0.4059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BABC #BC5553

analogous

#53BC89 #53BABC #5385BC

triadic

#53BABC #BC53BA #BABC53

tetradic

#53BABC #8953BC #BC5553 #85BC53

square

#53BABC #8953BC #BC5553 #85BC53

split-complementary

#53BABC #BC5385 #BC8953

monochromatic

#2A6A6B #3B9597 #53BABC #7FCCCD #ABDDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#53BABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#53BABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BABC

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BABC	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB2BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA5BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53babc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 186, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.095 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecfd0',
    500: '#53babc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53babc;
$custom-light: #8ecfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53babc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.143,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72946,
    "c": 0.09501,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.40588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BABC

secondary

#CCA09F

accent

#5754D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BABC

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

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