#53BBBA#53BBBA

#53BBBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.096 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BBBA
RGB	rgb(83, 187, 186)
HSL	hsl(179, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(179, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 0%, 0.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, -30.04, -8.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 31.24, 195.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% -0.0928 -0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.096 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.1968, 40.9218, 52.7522)
Luminance	0.4093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BBBA #BB5354

analogous

#53BB86 #53BBBA #5388BB

triadic

#53BBBA #BA53BB #BBBA53

tetradic

#53BBBA #8653BB #BB5354 #88BB53

square

#53BBBA #8653BB #BB5354 #88BB53

split-complementary

#53BBBA #BB5388 #BB8653

monochromatic

#2A6A69 #3B9695 #53BBBA #7FCCCC #ABDEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#53BBBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#53BBBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BBBA

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BBBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BBBA	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B3BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bbba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 187, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.096 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed0ce',
    500: '#53bbba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bbba;
$custom-light: #8ed0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bbba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.423,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73117,
    "c": 0.09581,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BBBA

secondary

#CB9E9F

accent

#5556D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BBBA

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

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