#53BBB4#53BBB4

#53BBB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.097 H 189.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BBB4
RGB	rgb(83, 187, 180)
HSL	hsl(176, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(176, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 0%, 3.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, -31.65, -5.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 32.13, 189.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% -0.0954 -0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.097 189.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.5723, 40.6720, 49.4632)
Luminance	0.4068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BBB4 #BB535A

analogous

#53BB80 #53BBB4 #538EBB

triadic

#53BBB4 #B453BB #BBB453

tetradic

#53BBB4 #8053BB #BB535A #8EBB53

square

#53BBB4 #8053BB #BB535A #8EBB53

split-complementary

#53BBB4 #BB538E #BB8053

monochromatic

#2A6A65 #3B9690 #53BBB4 #7FCCC7 #ABDEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#53BBB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#53BBB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BBB4

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BBB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BBB4	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)

#B2B2B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A6B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bbb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 187, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.097 189.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd0ca',
    500: '#53bbb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bbb4;
$custom-light: #8dd0ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bbb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.962,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72917,
    "c": 0.09667,
    "h": 189.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BBB4

secondary

#CB9EA1

accent

#555DD3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BBB4

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

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