#53BCBF#53BCBF

#53BCBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.096 H 197.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BCBF
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 191)
HSL	hsl(182, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(182, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.57, -29.15, -10.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.57, 31.04, 200.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% -0.0917 -0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.096 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.9505, 41.5640, 55.6717)
Luminance	0.4157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BCBF #BF5653

analogous

#53BF8C #53BCBF #5386BF

triadic

#53BCBF #BF53BC #BCBF53

tetradic

#53BCBF #8C53BF #BF5653 #86BF53

square

#53BCBF #8C53BF #BF5653 #86BF53

split-complementary

#53BCBF #BF5386 #BF8C53

monochromatic

#296D6E #3A989B #53BCBF #80CDD0 #ACDFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#53BCBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#53BCBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BCBF

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BCBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BCBF	1.00	2.25	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA7C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bcbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.096 197.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed0d2',
    500: '#53bcbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bcbf;
$custom-light: #8ed0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bcbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.667,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73529,
    "c": 0.09637,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BCBF

secondary

#CEA1A0

accent

#5652D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BCBF

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

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