#53BCBB#53BCBB

#53BCBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.096 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BCBB
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 187)
HSL	hsl(179, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(179, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 0%, 0.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.45, -30.25, -8.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.45, 31.46, 195.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.39% -0.0935 -0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(73.39% 0.096 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.5163, 41.3903, 53.3850)
Luminance	0.4139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BCBB #BC5354

analogous

#53BC87 #53BCBB #5388BC

triadic

#53BCBB #BB53BC #BCBB53

tetradic

#53BCBB #8753BC #BC5354 #88BC53

square

#53BCBB #8753BC #BC5354 #88BC53

split-complementary

#53BCBB #BC5388 #BC8753

monochromatic

#2A6B6A #3B9796 #53BCBB #7FCDCC #ABDEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#53BCBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#53BCBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BCBB

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#B1B4BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bcbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.096 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed0cf',
    500: '#53bcbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bcbb;
$custom-light: #8ed0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bcbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.429,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73391,
    "c": 0.09649,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BCBB

secondary

#CC9F9F

accent

#5455D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BCBB

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

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