#53BBBF#53BBBF

#53BBBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.096 H 198.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BBBF
RGB	rgb(83, 187, 191)
HSL	hsl(182, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(182, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 2.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.27, -28.66, -11.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.27, 30.74, 201.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% -0.0907 -0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.096 198.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.7376, 41.1382, 55.6007)
Luminance	0.4114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BBBF #BF5753

analogous

#53BF8D #53BBBF #5385BF

triadic

#53BBBF #BF53BB #BBBF53

tetradic

#53BBBF #8D53BF #BF5753 #85BF53

square

#53BBBF #8D53BF #BF5753 #85BF53

split-complementary

#53BBBF #BF5385 #BF8D53

monochromatic

#296C6E #3A979B #53BBBF #80CDD0 #ACDEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#53BBBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#53BBBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BBBF

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BBBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BBBF	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB3BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bbbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 187, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.096 198.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed0d2',
    500: '#53bbbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bbbf;
$custom-light: #8ed0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bbbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.222,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7329,
    "c": 0.09573,
    "h": 198.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BBBF

secondary

#CEA2A0

accent

#5752D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BBBF

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

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