#53BBBE#53BBBE

#53BBBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.096 H 197.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BBBE
RGB	rgb(83, 187, 190)
HSL	hsl(182, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(182, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.24, -28.94, -10.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.24, 30.82, 200.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% -0.0911 -0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.096 197.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.6279, 41.0943, 55.0231)
Luminance	0.4110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BBBE #BE5653

analogous

#53BE8B #53BBBE #5385BE

triadic

#53BBBE #BE53BB #BBBE53

tetradic

#53BBBE #8B53BE #BE5653 #85BE53

square

#53BBBE #8B53BE #BE5653 #85BE53

split-complementary

#53BBBE #BE5385 #BE8B53

monochromatic

#296B6D #3A979A #53BBBE #7FCDCF #ACDEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#53BBBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#53BBBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BBBE

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BBBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BBBE	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB3BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bbbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 187, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.096 197.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed0d1',
    500: '#53bbbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bbbe;
$custom-light: #8ed0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bbbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.682,
    "s": 45.148,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73255,
    "c": 0.0957,
    "h": 197.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BBBE

secondary

#CDA19F

accent

#5753D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BBBE

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

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