#53BBC0#53BBC0

#53BBC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.096 H 199.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BBC0
RGB	rgb(83, 187, 192)
HSL	hsl(183, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(183, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 2.6%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.30, -28.39, -11.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.30, 30.67, 202.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% -0.0902 -0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.096 199.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.8480, 41.1824, 56.1822)
Luminance	0.4118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BBC0 #C05853

analogous

#53C08F #53BBC0 #5385C0

triadic

#53BBC0 #C053BB #BBC053

tetradic

#53BBC0 #8F53C0 #C05853 #85C053

square

#53BBC0 #8F53C0 #C05853 #85C053

split-complementary

#53BBC0 #C05385 #C08F53

monochromatic

#296C70 #39989C #53BBC0 #80CDD0 #ADDEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#53BBC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#53BBC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BBC0

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BBC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BBC0	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB3C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA6C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bbc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 187, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.096 199.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed0d3',
    500: '#53bbc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bbc0;
$custom-light: #8ed0d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bbc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.752,
    "s": 46.383,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73325,
    "c": 0.09579,
    "h": 199.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BBC0

secondary

#CFA2A0

accent

#5852D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BBC0

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

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