#53ABB2#53ABB2

#53ABB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.085 H 202.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ABB2
RGB	rgb(83, 171, 178)
HSL	hsl(184, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(184, 53%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 3.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.10, -24.33, -11.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.10, 26.98, 205.63°)
OKLab	oklab(68.99% -0.0785 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(68.99% 0.085 202.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.1628, 34.1767, 47.3289)
Luminance	0.3418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ABB2 #B25A53

analogous

#53B289 #53ABB2 #537BB2

triadic

#53ABB2 #B253AB #ABB253

tetradic

#53ABB2 #8953B2 #B25A53 #7BB253

square

#53ABB2 #8953B2 #B25A53 #7BB253

split-complementary

#53ABB2 #B2537B #B28953

monochromatic

#2B5C60 #3E848A #53ABB2 #7DC0C5 #A8D4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#53ABB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#53ABB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ABB2

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ABB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ABB2	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A5B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9099B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53abb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 171, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.085 202.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc4c9',
    500: '#53abb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53abb2;
$custom-light: #8cc4c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53abb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.421,
    "s": 38.153,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6899,
    "c": 0.08481,
    "h": 202.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ABB2

secondary

#C59F9B

accent

#625ACE

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ABB2

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

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