#53BCBC#53BCBC

#53BCBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.096 H 195.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BCBC
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 188)
HSL	hsl(180, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(180, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 0%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.48, -29.98, -9.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.48, 31.34, 196.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% -0.093 -0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.096 195.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.6237, 41.4332, 53.9507)
Luminance	0.4144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BCBC #BC5353

analogous

#53BC87 #53BCBC #5387BC

triadic

#53BCBC #BC53BC #BCBC53

tetradic

#53BCBC #8753BC #BC5353 #87BC53

square

#53BCBC #8753BC #BC5353 #87BC53

split-complementary

#53BCBC #BC5387 #BC8753

monochromatic

#2A6B6B #3B9797 #53BCBC #7FCDCD #ABDEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#53BCBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#53BCBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BCBC

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BCBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BCBC	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bcbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.096 195.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed0d0',
    500: '#53bcbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bcbc;
$custom-light: #8ed0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bcbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73426,
    "c": 0.09643,
    "h": 195.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BCBC

secondary

#CC9F9F

accent

#5454D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BCBC

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

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