#53BBB3#53BBB3

#53BBB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.097 H 188.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BBB3
RGB	rgb(83, 187, 179)
HSL	hsl(175, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(175, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 0%, 4.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, -31.91, -5.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 32.31, 189.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.0958 -0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.097 188.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.4708, 40.6314, 48.9286)
Luminance	0.4063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BBB3 #BB535B

analogous

#53BB7F #53BBB3 #538FBB

triadic

#53BBB3 #B353BB #BBB353

tetradic

#53BBB3 #7F53BB #BB535B #8FBB53

square

#53BBB3 #7F53BB #BB535B #8FBB53

split-complementary

#53BBB3 #BB538F #BB7F53

monochromatic

#2A6A65 #3B968F #53BBB3 #7FCCC6 #ABDEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#53BBB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#53BBB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BBB3

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BBB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BBB3	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)

#B2B2B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A6B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bbb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 187, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.097 188.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd0c9',
    500: '#53bbb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bbb3;
$custom-light: #8dd0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bbb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.385,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72884,
    "c": 0.09689,
    "h": 188.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BBB3

secondary

#CB9EA2

accent

#555ED3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BBB3

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

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