#53BBC5#53BBC5

#53BBC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.096 H 203.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BBC5
RGB	rgb(83, 187, 197)
HSL	hsl(185, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(185, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 5.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.46, -26.99, -14.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.46, 30.46, 207.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% -0.0881 -0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.096 203.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.4115, 41.4077, 59.1496)
Luminance	0.4141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BBC5 #C55D53

analogous

#53C596 #53BBC5 #5382C5

triadic

#53BBC5 #C553BB #BBC553

tetradic

#53BBC5 #9653C5 #C55D53 #82C553

square

#53BBC5 #9653C5 #C55D53 #82C553

split-complementary

#53BBC5 #C55382 #C59653

monochromatic

#286F76 #379AA4 #53BBC5 #81CDD4 #AFDFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#53BBC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#53BBC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BBC5

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BBC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BBC5	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB4C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA7C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bbc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 187, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.096 203.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecfd6',
    500: '#53bbc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bbc5;
$custom-light: #8ecfd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bbc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.263,
    "s": 49.565,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73504,
    "c": 0.09641,
    "h": 203.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BBC5

secondary

#D2A6A2

accent

#5B4FD9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BBC5

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

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