#53BEBD#53BEBD

#53BEBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.098 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BEBD
RGB	rgb(83, 190, 189)
HSL	hsl(179, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(179, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.10, -30.67, -8.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.10, 31.90, 195.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.94% -0.0948 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(73.94% 0.098 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.1621, 42.3369, 54.6638)
Luminance	0.4234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BEBD #BE5354

analogous

#53BE87 #53BEBD #5389BE

triadic

#53BEBD #BD53BE #BEBD53

tetradic

#53BEBD #8753BE #BE5354 #89BE53

square

#53BEBD #8753BE #BE5354 #89BE53

split-complementary

#53BEBD #BE5389 #BE8753

monochromatic

#296D6D #3A9A99 #53BEBD #7FCFCE #ACE0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#53BEBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#53BEBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BEBD

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BEBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BEBD	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B6BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A9BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 190, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.098 194.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.439,
    "s": 45.148,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7394,
    "c": 0.09785,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BEBD

secondary

#CD9FA0

accent

#5354D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BEBD

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

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