#53CBB5#53CBB5

#53CBB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.112 H 179.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CBB5
RGB	rgb(83, 203, 181)
HSL	hsl(169, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(169, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 0%, 10.8%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.75, -38.83, 0.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.75, 38.84, 178.60°)
OKLab	oklab(76.82% -0.1123 0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(76.82% 0.112 179)
XYZ	xyz(33.2599, 47.8837, 51.1968)
Luminance	0.4789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CBB5 #CB5369

analogous

#53CB79 #53CBB5 #53A5CB

triadic

#53CBB5 #B553CB #CBB553

tetradic

#53CBB5 #7953CB #CB5369 #A5CB53

square

#53CBB5 #7953CB #CB5369 #A5CB53

split-complementary

#53CBB5 #CB53A5 #CB7953

monochromatic

#267E6E #34AD97 #53CBB5 #82D9C9 #B1E7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#53CBB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#53CBB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CBB5

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CBB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CBB5	1.00	1.99	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C0B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B2B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cbb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 203, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.112 179.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdbcb',
    500: '#53cbb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cbb5;
$custom-light: #8fdbcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cbb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76823,
    "c": 0.11228,
    "h": 179
  },
  "luminance": 0.47887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CBB5

secondary

#D6A4AD

accent

#4B66DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF8

border

#CCD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CBB5

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

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