#53BFB5#53BFB5

#53BFB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.100 H 187.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BFB5
RGB	rgb(83, 191, 181)
HSL	hsl(174, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(174, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 0%, 5.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.17, -33.28, -4.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.17, 33.56, 187.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% -0.0993 -0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.1 187)
XYZ	xyz(30.5349, 42.4338, 50.2885)
Luminance	0.4244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BFB5 #BF535D

analogous

#53BF7F #53BFB5 #5393BF

triadic

#53BFB5 #B553BF #BFB553

tetradic

#53BFB5 #7F53BF #BF535D #93BF53

square

#53BFB5 #7F53BF #BF535D #93BF53

split-complementary

#53BFB5 #BF5393 #BF7F53

monochromatic

#296E68 #3A9B92 #53BFB5 #80D0C8 #ACE0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#53BFB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#53BFB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BFB5

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BFB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BFB5	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)

#B6B6B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A9B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bfb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 191, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.100 187.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed3cb',
    500: '#53bfb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bfb5;
$custom-light: #8ed3cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bfb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.444,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73916,
    "c": 0.10008,
    "h": 187
  },
  "luminance": 0.42437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BFB5

secondary

#CEA0A4

accent

#525FD5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BFB5

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

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