#53ABB3#53ABB3

#53ABB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.085 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ABB3
RGB	rgb(83, 171, 179)
HSL	hsl(185, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(185, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 4.5%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.13, -24.05, -12.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.13, 26.96, 206.86°)
OKLab	oklab(69.03% -0.078 -0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(69.03% 0.085 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.2636, 34.2171, 47.8596)
Luminance	0.3422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ABB3 #B35B53

analogous

#53B38B #53ABB3 #537BB3

triadic

#53ABB3 #B353AB #ABB353

tetradic

#53ABB3 #8B53B3 #B35B53 #7BB353

square

#53ABB3 #8B53B3 #B35B53 #7BB353

split-complementary

#53ABB3 #B3537B #B38B53

monochromatic

#2B5C61 #3E858B #53ABB3 #7DC0C6 #A8D4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#53ABB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#53ABB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ABB3

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ABB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ABB3	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)

#A0A5B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9099B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53abb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 171, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.085 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc4c9',
    500: '#53abb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53abb3;
$custom-light: #8cc4c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53abb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185,
    "s": 38.71,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69026,
    "c": 0.08497,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ABB3

secondary

#C69F9C

accent

#6359CF

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ABB3

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

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