#53CBBD#53CBBD

#53CBBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.109 H 184.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CBBD
RGB	rgb(83, 203, 189)
HSL	hsl(173, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(173, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 0%, 6.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.96, -36.79, -3.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.96, 36.92, 184.76°)
OKLab	oklab(77.07% -0.1087 -0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(77.07% 0.109 184.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.1044, 48.2215, 55.6446)
Luminance	0.4823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CBBD #CB5361

analogous

#53CB81 #53CBBD #539DCB

triadic

#53CBBD #BD53CB #CBBD53

tetradic

#53CBBD #8153CB #CB5361 #9DCB53

square

#53CBBD #8153CB #CB5361 #9DCB53

split-complementary

#53CBBD #CB539D #CB8153

monochromatic

#267E73 #34AD9F #53CBBD #82D9CF #B1E7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#53CBBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#53CBBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CBBD

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CBBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CBBD	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C0BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB3BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cbbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 203, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.109 184.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cbbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77066,
    "c": 0.10905,
    "h": 184.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CBBD

secondary

#D6A4AA

accent

#4B5CDD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF9

border

#CCD4D2

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CBBD

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

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