#53BBBC#53BBBC

#53BBBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.096 H 196.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BBBC
RGB	rgb(83, 187, 188)
HSL	hsl(181, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(181, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 0.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.18, -29.49, -9.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.18, 31.02, 198.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% -0.0919 -0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.096 196.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.4109, 41.0075, 53.8798)
Luminance	0.4101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BBBC #BC5453

analogous

#53BC88 #53BBBC #5387BC

triadic

#53BBBC #BC53BB #BBBC53

tetradic

#53BBBC #8853BC #BC5453 #87BC53

square

#53BBBC #8853BC #BC5453 #87BC53

split-complementary

#53BBBC #BC5387 #BC8853

monochromatic

#2A6A6B #3B9697 #53BBBC #7FCCCD #ABDEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#53BBBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#53BBBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BBBC

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BBBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BBBC	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B3BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bbbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 187, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.096 196.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed0d0',
    500: '#53bbbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bbbc;
$custom-light: #8ed0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bbbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.571,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73186,
    "c": 0.09571,
    "h": 196.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BBBC

secondary

#CC9F9F

accent

#5554D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BBBC

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

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