#53BCB4#53BCB4

#53BCB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.098 H 188.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BCB4
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 180)
HSL	hsl(175, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(175, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 0%, 4.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.24, -32.13, -5.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.24, 32.53, 189.06°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% -0.0965 -0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.098 188.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.7852, 41.0978, 49.5342)
Luminance	0.4110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BCB4 #BC535B

analogous

#53BC80 #53BCB4 #538FBC

triadic

#53BCB4 #B453BC #BCB453

tetradic

#53BCB4 #8053BC #BC535B #8FBC53

square

#53BCB4 #8053BC #BC535B #8FBC53

split-complementary

#53BCB4 #BC538F #BC8053

monochromatic

#2A6B66 #3B9790 #53BCB4 #7FCDC7 #ABDEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#53BCB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#53BCB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BCB4

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BCB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BCB4	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)

#B3B3B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A7B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bcb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.098 188.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd0ca',
    500: '#53bcb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bcb4;
$custom-light: #8dd0ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bcb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.429,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73159,
    "c": 0.09757,
    "h": 188.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BCB4

secondary

#CC9FA2

accent

#545ED4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BCB4

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

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