#53BABE#53BABE

#53BABE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.095 H 198.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BABE
RGB	rgb(83, 186, 190)
HSL	hsl(182, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(182, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 2.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, -28.45, -11.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 30.52, 201.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% -0.09 -0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.095 198.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.4165, 40.6715, 54.9527)
Luminance	0.4068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BABE #BE5753

analogous

#53BE8C #53BABE #5384BE

triadic

#53BABE #BE53BA #BABE53

tetradic

#53BABE #8C53BE #BE5753 #84BE53

square

#53BABE #8C53BE #BE5753 #84BE53

split-complementary

#53BABE #BE5384 #BE8C53

monochromatic

#296B6D #3A969A #53BABE #7FCCCF #ACDEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#53BABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#53BABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BABE

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BABE	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB2BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA6BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53babe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 186, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.095 198.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecfd1',
    500: '#53babe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53babe;
$custom-light: #8ecfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53babe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.243,
    "s": 45.148,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73015,
    "c": 0.09505,
    "h": 198.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BABE

secondary

#CDA19F

accent

#5853D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BABE

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

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