#53BCBA#53BCBA

#53BCBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.097 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BCBA
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 186)
HSL	hsl(179, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(179, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 0%, 1.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.42, -30.52, -8.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.42, 31.59, 194.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% -0.0939 -0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.097 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.4096, 41.3476, 52.8232)
Luminance	0.4135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BCBA #BC5355

analogous

#53BC85 #53BCBA #5389BC

triadic

#53BCBA #BA53BC #BCBA53

tetradic

#53BCBA #8553BC #BC5355 #89BC53

square

#53BCBA #8553BC #BC5355 #89BC53

split-complementary

#53BCBA #BC5389 #BC8553

monochromatic

#2A6B6A #3B9795 #53BCBA #7FCDCC #ABDEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#53BCBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#53BCBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BCBA

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BCBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BCBA	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bcba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.097 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed0ce',
    500: '#53bcba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bcba;
$custom-light: #8ed0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bcba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.857,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73358,
    "c": 0.09658,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BCBA

secondary

#CC9FA0

accent

#5457D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BCBA

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

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