#53CBBA#53CBBA

#53CBBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.110 H 182.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CBBA
RGB	rgb(83, 203, 186)
HSL	hsl(172, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(172, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 0%, 8.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.88, -37.56, -1.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.88, 37.59, 182.38°)
OKLab	oklab(76.97% -0.11 -0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(76.97% 0.11 182.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.7821, 48.0926, 53.9473)
Luminance	0.4810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CBBA #CB5364

analogous

#53CB7E #53CBBA #53A0CB

triadic

#53CBBA #BA53CB #CBBA53

tetradic

#53CBBA #7E53CB #CB5364 #A0CB53

square

#53CBBA #7E53CB #CB5364 #A0CB53

split-complementary

#53CBBA #CB53A0 #CB7E53

monochromatic

#267E71 #34AD9C #53CBBA #82D9CD #B1E7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#53CBBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#53CBBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CBBA

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CBBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CBBA	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C0B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B3BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cbba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 203, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.110 182.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdbce',
    500: '#53cbba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cbba;
$custom-light: #8fdbce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cbba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.5,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76973,
    "c": 0.11013,
    "h": 182.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CBBA

secondary

#D6A4AB

accent

#4B60DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF9

border

#CCD4D2

text

#0E1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CBBA

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

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