#53BDB2#53BDB2

#53BDB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.099 H 186.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BDB2
RGB	rgb(83, 189, 178)
HSL	hsl(174, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(174, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 0%, 5.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.49, -33.13, -3.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.49, 33.33, 186.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.34% -0.0985 -0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(73.34% 0.099 186)
XYZ	xyz(29.7972, 41.4456, 48.5403)
Luminance	0.4145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BDB2 #BD535E

analogous

#53BD7D #53BDB2 #5393BD

triadic

#53BDB2 #B253BD #BDB253

tetradic

#53BDB2 #7D53BD #BD535E #93BD53

square

#53BDB2 #7D53BD #BD535E #93BD53

split-complementary

#53BDB2 #BD5393 #BD7D53

monochromatic

#296C65 #3A988F #53BDB2 #7FCEC6 #ABDFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#53BDB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#53BDB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BDB2

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BDB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BDB2	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)

#B4B4B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A7B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bdb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 189, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.099 186.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1c9',
    500: '#53bdb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bdb2;
$custom-light: #8dd1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bdb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.774,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73336,
    "c": 0.09903,
    "h": 186
  },
  "luminance": 0.41449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BDB2

secondary

#CD9FA4

accent

#5461D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BDB2

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

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