#53BFBC#53BFBC

#53BFBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.099 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BFBC
RGB	rgb(83, 191, 188)
HSL	hsl(178, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(178, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 0%, 1.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.37, -31.42, -7.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.37, 32.38, 194.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.15% -0.0963 -0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(74.15% 0.099 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.2713, 42.7283, 54.1666)
Luminance	0.4273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BFBC #BF5356

analogous

#53BF86 #53BFBC #538CBF

triadic

#53BFBC #BC53BF #BFBC53

tetradic

#53BFBC #8653BF #BF5356 #8CBF53

square

#53BFBC #8653BF #BF5356 #8CBF53

split-complementary

#53BFBC #BF538C #BF8653

monochromatic

#296E6D #3A9B98 #53BFBC #80D0CD #ACE0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#53BFBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#53BFBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BFBC

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BFBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BFBC	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B6BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A9BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bfbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 191, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.099 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed2d0',
    500: '#53bfbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bfbc;
$custom-light: #8ed2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bfbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.333,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74146,
    "c": 0.09871,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BFBC

secondary

#CEA0A1

accent

#5256D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BFBC

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

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