#53BCBD#53BCBD

#53BCBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.096 H 196.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BCBD
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 189)
HSL	hsl(181, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(181, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.51, -29.70, -9.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.51, 31.24, 198.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% -0.0926 -0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.096 196.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.7319, 41.4765, 54.5204)
Luminance	0.4148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BCBD #BD5453

analogous

#53BD89 #53BCBD #5387BD

triadic

#53BCBD #BD53BC #BCBD53

tetradic

#53BCBD #8953BD #BD5453 #87BD53

square

#53BCBD #8953BD #BD5453 #87BD53

split-complementary

#53BCBD #BD5387 #BD8953

monochromatic

#296B6C #3A9798 #53BCBD #7FCDCE #ABDEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#53BCBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#53BCBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BCBD

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BCBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BCBD	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA7BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bcbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.096 196.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bcbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.566,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7346,
    "c": 0.09639,
    "h": 196.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BCBD

secondary

#CDA09F

accent

#5554D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BCBD

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

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