#53BFB4#53BFB4

#53BFB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.100 H 186.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BFB4
RGB	rgb(83, 191, 180)
HSL	hsl(174, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(174, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 0%, 5.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, -33.55, -3.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 33.76, 186.46°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% -0.0998 -0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.1 186.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.4327, 42.3929, 49.7500)
Luminance	0.4240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BFB4 #BF535E

analogous

#53BF7E #53BFB4 #5394BF

triadic

#53BFB4 #B453BF #BFB453

tetradic

#53BFB4 #7E53BF #BF535E #94BF53

square

#53BFB4 #7E53BF #BF535E #94BF53

split-complementary

#53BFB4 #BF5394 #BF7E53

monochromatic

#296E67 #3A9B91 #53BFB4 #80D0C7 #ACE0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#53BFB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#53BFB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BFB4

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BFB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BFB4	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)

#B6B5B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A9B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bfb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 191, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.100 186.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed3ca',
    500: '#53bfb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bfb4;
$custom-light: #8ed3ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bfb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.889,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73885,
    "c": 0.10036,
    "h": 186.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BFB4

secondary

#CEA0A5

accent

#5260D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BFB4

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

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