#53BEBC#53BEBC

#53BEBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.098 H 193.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BEBC
RGB	rgb(83, 190, 188)
HSL	hsl(179, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(179, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 0%, 1.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, -30.94, -8.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 32.03, 194.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% -0.0952 -0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.098 193.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.0539, 42.2937, 54.0942)
Luminance	0.4230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BEBC #BE5355

analogous

#53BE86 #53BEBC #538ABE

triadic

#53BEBC #BC53BE #BEBC53

tetradic

#53BEBC #8653BE #BE5355 #8ABE53

square

#53BEBC #8653BE #BE5355 #8ABE53

split-complementary

#53BEBC #BE538A #BE8653

monochromatic

#296D6C #3A9A98 #53BEBC #7FCFCD #ACE0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#53BEBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#53BEBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BEBC

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BEBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BEBC	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B5BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A9BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 190, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.098 193.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed2d0',
    500: '#53bebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bebc;
$custom-light: #8ed2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.879,
    "s": 45.148,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73906,
    "c": 0.09793,
    "h": 193.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BEBC

secondary

#CD9FA0

accent

#5355D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BEBC

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

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