#53BDB9#53BDB9

#53BDB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.097 H 191.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BDB9
RGB	rgb(83, 189, 185)
HSL	hsl(178, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(178, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 0%, 2.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.69, -31.27, -7.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.69, 32.09, 192.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% -0.0954 -0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.097 191.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.5181, 41.7340, 52.3367)
Luminance	0.4174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BDB9 #BD5357

analogous

#53BD84 #53BDB9 #538CBD

triadic

#53BDB9 #B953BD #BDB953

tetradic

#53BDB9 #8453BD #BD5357 #8CBD53

square

#53BDB9 #8453BD #BD5357 #8CBD53

split-complementary

#53BDB9 #BD538C #BD8453

monochromatic

#296C6A #3A9895 #53BDB9 #7FCECB #ABDFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#53BDB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#53BDB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BDB9

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BDB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BDB9	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B4B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A8BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bdb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 189, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.097 191.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed1ce',
    500: '#53bdb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bdb9;
$custom-light: #8ed1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bdb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.736,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73565,
    "c": 0.09749,
    "h": 191.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BDB9

secondary

#CD9FA1

accent

#5458D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BDB9

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

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