#53BBB2#53BBB2

#53BBB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.097 H 187.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BBB2
RGB	rgb(83, 187, 178)
HSL	hsl(175, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(175, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 0%, 4.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.89, -32.18, -4.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.89, 32.50, 188.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.0963 -0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.097 187.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.3700, 40.5911, 48.3979)
Luminance	0.4059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BBB2 #BB535C

analogous

#53BB7E #53BBB2 #5390BB

triadic

#53BBB2 #B253BB #BBB253

tetradic

#53BBB2 #7E53BB #BB535C #90BB53

square

#53BBB2 #7E53BB #BB535C #90BB53

split-complementary

#53BBB2 #BB5390 #BB7E53

monochromatic

#2A6A64 #3B968E #53BBB2 #7FCCC6 #ABDED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#53BBB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#53BBB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BBB2

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BBB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BBB2	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)

#B2B2B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A6B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bbb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 187, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.097 187.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd0c9',
    500: '#53bbb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bbb2;
$custom-light: #8dd0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bbb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.808,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72852,
    "c": 0.09714,
    "h": 187.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BBB2

secondary

#CB9EA2

accent

#5560D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BBB2

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

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