#53BFBD#53BFBD

#53BFBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.099 H 193.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BFBD
RGB	rgb(83, 191, 189)
HSL	hsl(179, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(179, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 0%, 1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.40, -31.15, -8.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.40, 32.25, 194.98°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% -0.0958 -0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.099 193.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.3795, 42.7716, 54.7363)
Luminance	0.4278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BFBD #BF5355

analogous

#53BF87 #53BFBD #538BBF

triadic

#53BFBD #BD53BF #BFBD53

tetradic

#53BFBD #8753BF #BF5355 #8BBF53

square

#53BFBD #8753BF #BF5355 #8BBF53

split-complementary

#53BFBD #BF538B #BF8753

monochromatic

#296E6D #3A9B99 #53BFBD #80D0CE #ACE0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#53BFBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#53BFBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BFBD

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BFBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BFBD	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B6BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A9BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bfbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 191, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.099 193.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bfbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.889,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7418,
    "c": 0.0986,
    "h": 193.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BFBD

secondary

#CEA0A1

accent

#5255D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BFBD

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

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