#53BDBB#53BDBB

#53BDBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.097 H 193.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BDBB
RGB	rgb(83, 189, 187)
HSL	hsl(179, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(179, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 0%, 1.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.75, -30.73, -8.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.75, 31.81, 194.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% -0.0945 -0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.097 193.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.7307, 41.8190, 53.4564)
Luminance	0.4182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BDBB #BD5355

analogous

#53BD86 #53BDBB #538ABD

triadic

#53BDBB #BB53BD #BDBB53

tetradic

#53BDBB #8653BD #BD5355 #8ABD53

square

#53BDBB #8653BD #BD5355 #8ABD53

split-complementary

#53BDBB #BD538A #BD8653

monochromatic

#296C6B #3A9897 #53BDBB #7FCECC #ABDFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#53BDBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#53BDBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BDBB

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#B2B5BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bdbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 189, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.097 193.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed1cf',
    500: '#53bdbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bdbb;
$custom-light: #8ed1cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bdbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.868,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73632,
    "c": 0.09725,
    "h": 193.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BDBB

secondary

#CD9FA0

accent

#5456D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BDBB

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

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