#53BFBF#53BFBF

#53BFBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.098 H 195.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BFBF
RGB	rgb(83, 191, 191)
HSL	hsl(180, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(180, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 0%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.46, -30.61, -9.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.46, 32.00, 196.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% -0.095 -0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.098 195.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.5980, 42.8590, 55.8875)
Luminance	0.4286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BFBF #BF5353

analogous

#53BF89 #53BFBF #5389BF

triadic

#53BFBF #BF53BF #BFBF53

tetradic

#53BFBF #8953BF #BF5353 #89BF53

square

#53BFBF #8953BF #BF5353 #89BF53

split-complementary

#53BFBF #BF5389 #BF8953

monochromatic

#296E6E #3A9B9B #53BFBF #80D0D0 #ACE0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#53BFBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#53BFBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BFBF

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BFBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BFBF	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B7BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A9C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bfbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 191, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.098 195.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed2d2',
    500: '#53bfbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bfbf;
$custom-light: #8ed2d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bfbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74247,
    "c": 0.09845,
    "h": 195.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BFBF

secondary

#CEA0A0

accent

#5252D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BFBF

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

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