#53BDBD#53BDBD

#53BDBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.097 H 195.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BDBD
RGB	rgb(83, 189, 189)
HSL	hsl(180, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(180, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 0%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, -30.19, -9.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 31.56, 196.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% -0.0937 -0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.097 195.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.9463, 41.9052, 54.5919)
Luminance	0.4191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BDBD #BD5353

analogous

#53BD88 #53BDBD #5388BD

triadic

#53BDBD #BD53BD #BDBD53

tetradic

#53BDBD #8853BD #BD5353 #88BD53

square

#53BDBD #8853BD #BD5353 #88BD53

split-complementary

#53BDBD #BD5388 #BD8853

monochromatic

#296C6C #3A9898 #53BDBD #7FCECE #ABDFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#53BDBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#53BDBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BDBD

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BDBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BDBD	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B5BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A8BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bdbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 189, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.097 195.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bdbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.737,
    "c": 0.0971,
    "h": 195.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BDBD

secondary

#CD9F9F

accent

#5454D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BDBD

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

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