#53CBBC#53CBBC

#53CBBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.109 H 183.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CBBC
RGB	rgb(83, 203, 188)
HSL	hsl(173, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(173, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 0%, 7.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.94, -37.05, -2.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.94, 37.14, 183.96°)
OKLab	oklab(77.04% -0.1091 -0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(77.04% 0.109 183.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.9962, 48.1782, 55.0749)
Luminance	0.4818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CBBC #CB5362

analogous

#53CB80 #53CBBC #539ECB

triadic

#53CBBC #BC53CB #CBBC53

tetradic

#53CBBC #8053CB #CB5362 #9ECB53

square

#53CBBC #8053CB #CB5362 #9ECB53

split-complementary

#53CBBC #CB539E #CB8053

monochromatic

#267E73 #34AD9E #53CBBC #82D9CE #B1E7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#53CBBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#53CBBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CBBC

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CBBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CBBC	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB3BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cbbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 203, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.109 183.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdbd0',
    500: '#53cbbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cbbc;
$custom-light: #8fdbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cbbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77035,
    "c": 0.10939,
    "h": 183.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CBBC

secondary

#D6A4AA

accent

#4B5DDD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF9

border

#CCD4D2

text

#0E1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CBBC

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

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