#53BBB7#53BBB7

#53BBB7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.096 H 191.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BBB7
RGB	rgb(83, 187, 183)
HSL	hsl(178, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(178, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 0%, 2.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, -30.85, -7.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 31.65, 192.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% -0.0941 -0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.096 191.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.8812, 40.7956, 51.0902)
Luminance	0.4080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BBB7 #BB5357

analogous

#53BB83 #53BBB7 #538BBB

triadic

#53BBB7 #B753BB #BBB753

tetradic

#53BBB7 #8353BB #BB5357 #8BBB53

square

#53BBB7 #8353BB #BB5357 #8BBB53

split-complementary

#53BBB7 #BB538B #BB8353

monochromatic

#2A6A67 #3B9692 #53BBB7 #7FCCC9 #ABDEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#53BBB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#53BBB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BBB7

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BBB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BBB7	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B2B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A6B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bbb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 187, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.096 191.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd0cc',
    500: '#53bbb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bbb7;
$custom-light: #8dd0cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bbb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.692,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73016,
    "c": 0.09614,
    "h": 191.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BBB7

secondary

#CB9EA0

accent

#555AD3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BBB7

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

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