#53BBBD#53BBBD

#53BBBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.096 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BBBD
RGB	rgb(83, 187, 189)
HSL	hsl(181, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(181, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.21, -29.22, -10.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.21, 30.92, 199.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% -0.0915 -0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.096 197)
XYZ	xyz(30.5190, 41.0508, 54.4495)
Luminance	0.4105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BBBD #BD5553

analogous

#53BD8A #53BBBD #5386BD

triadic

#53BBBD #BD53BB #BBBD53

tetradic

#53BBBD #8A53BD #BD5553 #86BD53

square

#53BBBD #8A53BD #BD5553 #86BD53

split-complementary

#53BBBD #BD5386 #BD8A53

monochromatic

#296B6C #3A9798 #53BBBD #7FCCCE #ABDEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#53BBBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#53BBBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BBBD

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BBBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BBBD	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B3BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bbbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 187, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.096 197.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bbbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.132,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7322,
    "c": 0.09569,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.41054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BBBD

secondary

#CDA09F

accent

#5654D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BBBD

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

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