#53BDBA#53BDBA

#53BDBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.097 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BDBA
RGB	rgb(83, 189, 186)
HSL	hsl(178, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(178, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 0%, 1.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, -31.00, -7.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 31.95, 193.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% -0.095 -0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.097 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.6240, 41.7763, 52.8946)
Luminance	0.4178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BDBA #BD5356

analogous

#53BD85 #53BDBA #538BBD

triadic

#53BDBA #BA53BD #BDBA53

tetradic

#53BDBA #8553BD #BD5356 #8BBD53

square

#53BDBA #8553BD #BD5356 #8BBD53

split-complementary

#53BDBA #BD538B #BD8553

monochromatic

#296C6A #3A9896 #53BDBA #7FCECC #ABDFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#53BDBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#53BDBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BDBA

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BDBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BDBA	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B4BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bdba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 189, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.097 192.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bdba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.302,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73598,
    "c": 0.09736,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BDBA

secondary

#CD9FA0

accent

#5457D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BDBA

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

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