#53BFB8#53BFB8

#53BFB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.099 H 189.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BFB8
RGB	rgb(83, 191, 184)
HSL	hsl(176, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(176, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 0%, 3.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, -32.49, -5.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 33.01, 190.15°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% -0.098 -0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.099 189.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.8461, 42.5582, 51.9271)
Luminance	0.4256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BFB8 #BF535A

analogous

#53BF82 #53BFB8 #5390BF

triadic

#53BFB8 #B853BF #BFB853

tetradic

#53BFB8 #8253BF #BF535A #90BF53

square

#53BFB8 #8253BF #BF535A #90BF53

split-complementary

#53BFB8 #BF5390 #BF8253

monochromatic

#296E6A #3A9B95 #53BFB8 #80D0CA #ACE0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#53BFB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#53BFB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BFB8

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BFB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BFB8	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B6B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A9B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bfb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 191, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.099 189.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed2cd',
    500: '#53bfb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bfb8;
$custom-light: #8ed2cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bfb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.111,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74014,
    "c": 0.09936,
    "h": 189.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BFB8

secondary

#CEA0A3

accent

#525BD5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BFB8

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

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