#53AAAF#53AAAF

#53AAAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.084 H 200.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AAAF
RGB	rgb(83, 170, 175)
HSL	hsl(183, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(183, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 2.9%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.71, -24.66, -10.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.71, 26.84, 203.24°)
OKLab	oklab(68.64% -0.0786 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(68.64% 0.084 200.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.6767, 33.6812, 45.6971)
Luminance	0.3368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AAAF #AF5853

analogous

#53AF86 #53AAAF #537CAF

triadic

#53AAAF #AF53AA #AAAF53

tetradic

#53AAAF #8653AF #AF5853 #7CAF53

square

#53AAAF #8653AF #AF5853 #7CAF53

split-complementary

#53AAAF #AF537C #AF8653

monochromatic

#2B5A5D #3E8286 #53AAAF #7DBFC2 #A7D3D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#53AAAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#53AAAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AAAF

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AAAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AAAF	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA3AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9098B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#04AFAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aaaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 170, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.084 200.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc3c6',
    500: '#53aaaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aaaf;
$custom-light: #8bc3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aaaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.261,
    "s": 36.508,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68642,
    "c": 0.08385,
    "h": 200.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AAAF

secondary

#C39D9A

accent

#615BCD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AAAF

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

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