#53ABB7#53ABB7

#53ABB7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.086 H 207.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ABB7
RGB	rgb(83, 171, 183)
HSL	hsl(187, 41%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(187, 55%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 6.6%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.26, -22.92, -14.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.26, 26.97, 211.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.17% -0.0764 -0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(69.17% 0.086 207.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.6740, 34.3812, 50.0211)
Luminance	0.3438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ABB7 #B75F53

analogous

#53B791 #53ABB7 #5379B7

triadic

#53ABB7 #B753AB #ABB753

tetradic

#53ABB7 #9153B7 #B75F53 #79B753

square

#53ABB7 #9153B7 #B75F53 #79B753

split-complementary

#53ABB7 #B75379 #B79153

monochromatic

#2A5E65 #3C8690 #53ABB7 #7EC0C9 #A9D5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#53ABB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#53ABB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ABB7

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ABB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ABB7	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA5B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F99B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53abb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 171, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.086 207.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc4cc',
    500: '#53abb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53abb7;
$custom-light: #8cc4cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53abb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.2,
    "s": 40.984,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69173,
    "c": 0.08587,
    "h": 207.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ABB7

secondary

#C9A29D

accent

#6657D1

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ABB7

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

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