#53BFBE#53BFBE

#53BFBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.099 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BFBE
RGB	rgb(83, 191, 190)
HSL	hsl(179, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(179, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.43, -30.88, -8.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.43, 32.12, 195.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% -0.0954 -0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.099 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.4884, 42.8152, 55.3099)
Luminance	0.4282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BFBE #BF5354

analogous

#53BF88 #53BFBE #538ABF

triadic

#53BFBE #BE53BF #BFBE53

tetradic

#53BFBE #8853BF #BF5354 #8ABF53

square

#53BFBE #8853BF #BF5354 #8ABF53

split-complementary

#53BFBE #BF538A #BF8853

monochromatic

#296E6E #3A9B9A #53BFBE #80D0CF #ACE0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#53BFBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#53BFBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BFBE

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BFBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BFBE	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)

#B4B6BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A9BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bfbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 191, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.099 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed2d1',
    500: '#53bfbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bfbe;
$custom-light: #8ed2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bfbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.444,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74213,
    "c": 0.09852,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BFBE

secondary

#CEA0A0

accent

#5254D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BFBE

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

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