#53BBB0#53BBB0

#53BBB0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.098 H 185.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BBB0
RGB	rgb(83, 187, 176)
HSL	hsl(174, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(174, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 0%, 5.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, -32.70, -3.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 32.89, 186.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.79% -0.0972 -0.0101)
OKLCH	oklch(72.79% 0.098 185.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.1707, 40.5114, 47.3481)
Luminance	0.4051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BBB0 #BB535E

analogous

#53BB7C #53BBB0 #5392BB

triadic

#53BBB0 #B053BB #BBB053

tetradic

#53BBB0 #7C53BB #BB535E #92BB53

square

#53BBB0 #7C53BB #BB535E #92BB53

split-complementary

#53BBB0 #BB5392 #BB7C53

monochromatic

#2A6A63 #3B968C #53BBB0 #7FCCC4 #ABDED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#53BBB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#53BBB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BBB0

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BBB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BBB0	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B2B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A6B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bbb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 187, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.098 185.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd0c7',
    500: '#53bbb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bbb0;
$custom-light: #8dd0c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bbb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.654,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72788,
    "c": 0.0977,
    "h": 185.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BBB0

secondary

#CB9EA3

accent

#5562D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BBB0

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

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