#53BBAD#53BBAD

#53BBAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.099 H 183.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BBAD
RGB	rgb(83, 187, 173)
HSL	hsl(172, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(172, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 0%, 7.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, -33.48, -2.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 33.54, 183.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.0985 -0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.099 183.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.8771, 40.3940, 45.8021)
Luminance	0.4040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BBAD #BB5361

analogous

#53BB79 #53BBAD #5395BB

triadic

#53BBAD #AD53BB #BBAD53

tetradic

#53BBAD #7953BB #BB5361 #95BB53

square

#53BBAD #7953BB #BB5361 #95BB53

split-complementary

#53BBAD #BB5395 #BB7953

monochromatic

#2A6A61 #3B9689 #53BBAD #7FCCC2 #ABDED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#53BBAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#53BBAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BBAD

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BBAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BBAD	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B1AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A5AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bbad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 187, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.099 183.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd0c5',
    500: '#53bbad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bbad;
$custom-light: #8dd0c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bbad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.923,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72693,
    "c": 0.09869,
    "h": 183.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BBAD

secondary

#CB9EA4

accent

#5566D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BBAD

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

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