#53BCB2#53BCB2

#53BCB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.098 H 186.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BCB2
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 178)
HSL	hsl(174, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(174, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 0%, 5.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.19, -32.65, -4.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.19, 32.91, 187.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.09% -0.0974 -0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(73.09% 0.098 186.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.5829, 41.0169, 48.4689)
Luminance	0.4102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BCB2 #BC535D

analogous

#53BC7D #53BCB2 #5391BC

triadic

#53BCB2 #B253BC #BCB253

tetradic

#53BCB2 #7D53BC #BC535D #91BC53

square

#53BCB2 #7D53BC #BC535D #91BC53

split-complementary

#53BCB2 #BC5391 #BC7D53

monochromatic

#2A6B65 #3B978E #53BCB2 #7FCDC6 #ABDED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#53BCB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#53BCB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BCB2

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BCB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BCB2	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B3B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A6B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bcb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.098 186.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd0c9',
    500: '#53bcb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bcb2;
$custom-light: #8dd0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bcb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.286,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73094,
    "c": 0.09808,
    "h": 186.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BCB2

secondary

#CC9FA3

accent

#5460D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BCB2

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

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