#53BABD#53BABD

#53BABD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.095 H 197.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BABD
RGB	rgb(83, 186, 189)
HSL	hsl(182, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(182, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.91, -28.73, -10.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.91, 30.61, 200.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% -0.0904 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.095 197.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.3076, 40.6279, 54.3790)
Luminance	0.4063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BABD #BD5653

analogous

#53BD8B #53BABD #5385BD

triadic

#53BABD #BD53BA #BABD53

tetradic

#53BABD #8B53BD #BD5653 #85BD53

square

#53BABD #8B53BD #BD5653 #85BD53

split-complementary

#53BABD #BD5385 #BD8B53

monochromatic

#296A6C #3A9698 #53BABD #7FCCCE #ABDDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#53BABD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#53BABD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BABD

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BABD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BABD	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB2BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53babd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 186, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.095 197.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53babd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.698,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7298,
    "c": 0.09501,
    "h": 197.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BABD

secondary

#CDA09F

accent

#5754D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BABD

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

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