#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
RGBrgb(83, 190, 181)
HSLhsl(175, 45%, 54%)
HSVhsv(175, 56%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(56.3%, 0%, 4.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LABlab(70.87, -32.81, -4.75)
CIE-LCHlch(70.87, 33.15, 188.23°)
OKLaboklab(73.68% -0.0982 -0.0133)
OKLCHoklch(73.68% 0.099 187.7)
XYZxyz(30.3176, 41.9991, 50.2160)
Luminance0.4200 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##53BEB51.002.239.409.40
#FFFFFF2.231.0021.0021.00
#0000009.4021.001.001.00
##0000009.4021.001.001.00

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

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#53BEB5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva