#53BEBE#53BEBE

#53BEBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.098 H 195.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BEBE
RGB	rgb(83, 190, 190)
HSL	hsl(180, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(180, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 0%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.13, -30.40, -9.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.13, 31.78, 196.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% -0.0943 -0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.098 195.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.2710, 42.3805, 55.2375)
Luminance	0.4238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BEBE #BE5353

analogous

#53BE88 #53BEBE #5388BE

triadic

#53BEBE #BE53BE #BEBE53

tetradic

#53BEBE #8853BE #BE5353 #88BE53

square

#53BEBE #8853BE #BE5353 #88BE53

split-complementary

#53BEBE #BE5388 #BE8853

monochromatic

#296D6D #3A9A9A #53BEBE #7FCFCF #ACE0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#53BEBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#53BEBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BEBE

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BEBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BEBE	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B6BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A9BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 190, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.098 195.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed2d1',
    500: '#53bebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bebe;
$custom-light: #8ed2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 45.148,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73974,
    "c": 0.09778,
    "h": 195.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BEBE

secondary

#CD9F9F

accent

#5353D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BEBE

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

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