#53BFBA#53BFBA

#53BFBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.099 H 191.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BFBA
RGB	rgb(83, 191, 186)
HSL	hsl(177, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(177, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 0%, 2.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.31, -31.96, -6.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.31, 32.68, 192.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% -0.0971 -0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.099 191.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.0572, 42.6427, 53.0390)
Luminance	0.4265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BFBA #BF5358

analogous

#53BF84 #53BFBA #538EBF

triadic

#53BFBA #BA53BF #BFBA53

tetradic

#53BFBA #8453BF #BF5358 #8EBF53

square

#53BFBA #8453BF #BF5358 #8EBF53

split-complementary

#53BFBA #BF538E #BF8453

monochromatic

#296E6B #3A9B97 #53BFBA #80D0CC #ACE0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#53BFBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#53BFBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BFBA

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BFBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BFBA	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B6BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A9BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bfba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 191, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.099 191.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed2ce',
    500: '#53bfba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bfba;
$custom-light: #8ed2ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bfba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.222,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74079,
    "c": 0.09899,
    "h": 191.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BFBA

secondary

#CEA0A2

accent

#5258D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BFBA

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

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