#53BDB0#53BDB0

#53BDB0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.100 H 184.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BDB0
RGB	rgb(83, 189, 176)
HSL	hsl(173, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(173, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 0%, 6.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, -33.65, -2.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 33.75, 184.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% -0.0994 -0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.1 184.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.5979, 41.3659, 47.4905)
Luminance	0.4137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BDB0 #BD5360

analogous

#53BD7B #53BDB0 #5395BD

triadic

#53BDB0 #B053BD #BDB053

tetradic

#53BDB0 #7B53BD #BD5360 #95BD53

square

#53BDB0 #7B53BD #BD5360 #95BD53

split-complementary

#53BDB0 #BD5395 #BD7B53

monochromatic

#296C64 #3A988D #53BDB0 #7FCEC4 #ABDFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#53BDB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#53BDB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BDB0

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BDB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BDB0	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B3B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A7B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bdb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 189, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.100 184.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1c7',
    500: '#53bdb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bdb0;
$custom-light: #8dd1c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bdb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.642,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73273,
    "c": 0.09967,
    "h": 184.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BDB0

secondary

#CD9FA5

accent

#5463D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BDB0

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

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