#53BDBC#53BDBC

#53BDBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.097 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BDBC
RGB	rgb(83, 189, 188)
HSL	hsl(179, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(179, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, -30.46, -8.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 31.68, 195.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.67% -0.0941 -0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(73.67% 0.097 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.8381, 41.8620, 54.0222)
Luminance	0.4187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BDBC #BD5354

analogous

#53BD87 #53BDBC #5389BD

triadic

#53BDBC #BC53BD #BDBC53

tetradic

#53BDBC #8753BD #BD5354 #89BD53

square

#53BDBC #8753BD #BD5354 #89BD53

split-complementary

#53BDBC #BD5389 #BD8753

monochromatic

#296C6B #3A9897 #53BDBC #7FCECD #ABDFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#53BDBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#53BDBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BDBC

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BDBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BDBC	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B5BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bdbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 189, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.097 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed1d0',
    500: '#53bdbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bdbc;
$custom-light: #8ed1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bdbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.434,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73666,
    "c": 0.09716,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BDBC

secondary

#CD9FA0

accent

#5455D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BDBC

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

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