#53BEB5#53BEB5

#53BEB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.099 H 187.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BEB5
RGB	rgb(83, 190, 181)
HSL	hsl(175, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(175, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 0%, 4.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.87, -32.81, -4.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.87, 33.15, 188.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% -0.0982 -0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.099 187.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.3176, 41.9991, 50.2160)
Luminance	0.4200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BEB5 #BE535C

analogous

#53BE7F #53BEB5 #5391BE

triadic

#53BEB5 #B553BE #BEB553

tetradic

#53BEB5 #7F53BE #BE535C #91BE53

square

#53BEB5 #7F53BE #BE535C #91BE53

split-complementary

#53BEB5 #BE5391 #BE7F53

monochromatic

#296D68 #3A9A92 #53BEB5 #7FCFC8 #ACE0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#53BEB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#53BEB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BEB5

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BEB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BEB5	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B5B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A8B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53beb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 190, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.099 187.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed2cb',
    500: '#53beb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53beb5;
$custom-light: #8ed2cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53beb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.953,
    "s": 45.148,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73675,
    "c": 0.09915,
    "h": 187.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BEB5

secondary

#CD9FA3

accent

#535ED5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BEB5

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

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