#53BDBE#53BDBE

#53BDBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.097 H 196.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BDBE
RGB	rgb(83, 189, 190)
HSL	hsl(181, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(181, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.84, -29.91, -9.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.84, 31.45, 198.01°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% -0.0932 -0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.097 196.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.0552, 41.9488, 55.1655)
Luminance	0.4195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BDBE #BE5453

analogous

#53BE89 #53BDBE #5387BE

triadic

#53BDBE #BE53BD #BDBE53

tetradic

#53BDBE #8953BE #BE5453 #87BE53

square

#53BDBE #8953BE #BE5453 #87BE53

split-complementary

#53BDBE #BE5387 #BE8953

monochromatic

#296D6D #3A999A #53BDBE #7FCECF #ACDFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#53BDBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#53BDBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BDBE

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BDBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BDBE	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B5BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A8BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bdbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 189, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.097 196.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed1d1',
    500: '#53bdbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bdbe;
$custom-light: #8ed1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bdbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.561,
    "s": 45.148,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73734,
    "c": 0.09706,
    "h": 196.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BDBE

secondary

#CDA09F

accent

#5453D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BDBE

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

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