#53BFBB#53BFBB

#53BFBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.099 H 191.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BFBB
RGB	rgb(83, 191, 187)
HSL	hsl(178, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(178, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 0%, 2.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.34, -31.69, -7.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.34, 32.53, 193.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.0967 -0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.099 191.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.1639, 42.6854, 53.6008)
Luminance	0.4269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BFBB #BF5357

analogous

#53BF85 #53BFBB #538DBF

triadic

#53BFBB #BB53BF #BFBB53

tetradic

#53BFBB #8553BF #BF5357 #8DBF53

square

#53BFBB #8553BF #BF5357 #8DBF53

split-complementary

#53BFBB #BF538D #BF8553

monochromatic

#296E6C #3A9B97 #53BFBB #80D0CD #ACE0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#53BFBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#53BFBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BFBB

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BFBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BFBB	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B6BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A9BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bfbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 191, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.099 191.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed2cf',
    500: '#53bfbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bfbb;
$custom-light: #8ed2cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bfbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.778,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74113,
    "c": 0.09883,
    "h": 191.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BFBB

secondary

#CEA0A2

accent

#5257D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BFBB

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

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