#53BCBE#53BCBE

#53BCBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.096 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BCBE
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 190)
HSL	hsl(181, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(181, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.54, -29.43, -10.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.54, 31.14, 199.06°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% -0.0922 -0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.096 197)
XYZ	xyz(30.8408, 41.5201, 55.0941)
Luminance	0.4152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BCBE #BE5553

analogous

#53BE8A #53BCBE #5386BE

triadic

#53BCBE #BE53BC #BCBE53

tetradic

#53BCBE #8A53BE #BE5553 #86BE53

square

#53BCBE #8A53BE #BE5553 #86BE53

split-complementary

#53BCBE #BE5386 #BE8A53

monochromatic

#296C6D #3A989A #53BCBE #7FCDCF #ACDFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#53BCBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#53BCBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BCBE

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#B1B4BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA7BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bcbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.096 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed0d1',
    500: '#53bcbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bcbe;
$custom-light: #8ed0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bcbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.121,
    "s": 45.148,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73494,
    "c": 0.09637,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.41523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BCBE

secondary

#CDA09F

accent

#5553D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BCBE

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

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