#53BFB3#53BFB3

#53BFB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.101 H 185.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BFB3
RGB	rgb(83, 191, 179)
HSL	hsl(173, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(173, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 0%, 6.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, -33.81, -3.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 33.97, 185.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% -0.1002 -0.0094)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.101 185.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.3312, 42.3523, 49.2154)
Luminance	0.4235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BFB3 #BF535F

analogous

#53BF7D #53BFB3 #5395BF

triadic

#53BFB3 #B353BF #BFB353

tetradic

#53BFB3 #7D53BF #BF535F #95BF53

square

#53BFB3 #7D53BF #BF535F #95BF53

split-complementary

#53BFB3 #BF5395 #BF7D53

monochromatic

#296E67 #3A9B90 #53BFB3 #80D0C7 #ACE0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#53BFB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#53BFB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BFB3

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BFB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BFB3	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)

#B6B5B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A9B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bfb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 191, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.101 185.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed3c9',
    500: '#53bfb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bfb3;
$custom-light: #8ed3c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bfb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.333,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73853,
    "c": 0.10066,
    "h": 185.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BFB3

secondary

#CEA0A5

accent

#5261D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BFB3

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

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