#53BCB7#53BCB7

#53BCB7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.097 H 191.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BCB7
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 183)
HSL	hsl(177, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(177, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 0%, 2.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.33, -31.33, -6.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.33, 32.02, 191.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% -0.0952 -0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.097 191)
XYZ	xyz(30.0941, 41.2214, 51.1611)
Luminance	0.4122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BCB7 #BC5358

analogous

#53BC82 #53BCB7 #538CBC

triadic

#53BCB7 #B753BC #BCB753

tetradic

#53BCB7 #8253BC #BC5358 #8CBC53

square

#53BCB7 #8253BC #BC5358 #8CBC53

split-complementary

#53BCB7 #BC538C #BC8253

monochromatic

#2A6B68 #3B9793 #53BCB7 #7FCDC9 #ABDEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#53BCB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#53BCB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BCB7

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BCB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BCB7	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)

#B2B3B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A7B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bcb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.097 191.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd0cc',
    500: '#53bcb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bcb7;
$custom-light: #8dd0cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bcb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.143,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73257,
    "c": 0.09697,
    "h": 191
  },
  "luminance": 0.41224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BCB7

secondary

#CC9FA1

accent

#545AD4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BCB7

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

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