#53BEBF#53BEBF

#53BEBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.098 H 196.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BEBF
RGB	rgb(83, 190, 191)
HSL	hsl(181, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(181, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.16, -30.12, -9.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.16, 31.67, 197.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% -0.0939 -0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.098 196.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.3807, 42.4244, 55.8151)
Luminance	0.4243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BEBF #BF5453

analogous

#53BF8A #53BEBF #5388BF

triadic

#53BEBF #BF53BE #BEBF53

tetradic

#53BEBF #8A53BF #BF5453 #88BF53

square

#53BEBF #8A53BF #BF5453 #88BF53

split-complementary

#53BEBF #BF5388 #BF8A53

monochromatic

#296E6E #3A9A9B #53BEBF #80CFD0 #ACE0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#53BEBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#53BEBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BEBF

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BEBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BEBF	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B6BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A9C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bebf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 190, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.098 196.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed2d2',
    500: '#53bebf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bebf;
$custom-light: #8ed2d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bebf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.556,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74008,
    "c": 0.09774,
    "h": 196.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BEBF

secondary

#CEA0A0

accent

#5452D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BEBF

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

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