#53ABAF#53ABAF

#53ABAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.085 H 199.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ABAF
RGB	rgb(83, 171, 175)
HSL	hsl(183, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(183, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 2.3%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.01, -25.16, -10.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.01, 27.13, 201.95°)
OKLab	oklab(68.88% -0.0797 -0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(68.88% 0.085 199.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.8649, 34.0576, 45.7599)
Luminance	0.3406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ABAF #AF5753

analogous

#53AF85 #53ABAF #537DAF

triadic

#53ABAF #AF53AB #ABAF53

tetradic

#53ABAF #8553AF #AF5753 #7DAF53

square

#53ABAF #8553AF #AF5753 #7DAF53

split-complementary

#53ABAF #AF537D #AF8553

monochromatic

#2B5A5D #3E8386 #53ABAF #7DBFC2 #A7D4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#53ABAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#53ABAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ABAF

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ABAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ABAF	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A4AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9199B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#02B0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53abaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 171, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.085 199.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc4c6',
    500: '#53abaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53abaf;
$custom-light: #8bc4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53abaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.609,
    "s": 36.508,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68883,
    "c": 0.08451,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ABAF

secondary

#C39C9A

accent

#605BCD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ABAF

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

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