#53ADAF#53ADAF

#53ADAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.086 H 197.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ADAF
RGB	rgb(83, 173, 175)
HSL	hsl(181, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(181, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 1.1%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.61, -26.16, -9.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.61, 27.75, 199.46°)
OKLab	oklab(69.36% -0.082 -0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(69.36% 0.086 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.2455, 34.8188, 45.8867)
Luminance	0.3482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ADAF #AF5553

analogous

#53AF83 #53ADAF #537FAF

triadic

#53ADAF #AF53AD #ADAF53

tetradic

#53ADAF #8353AF #AF5553 #7FAF53

square

#53ADAF #8353AF #AF5553 #7FAF53

split-complementary

#53ADAF #AF537F #AF8353

monochromatic

#2B5B5D #3E8586 #53ADAF #7DC1C2 #A7D5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#53ADAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#53ADAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ADAF

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ADAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ADAF	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A6AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939BB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53adaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 173, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.086 197.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc5c6',
    500: '#53adaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53adaf;
$custom-light: #8cc5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53adaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.304,
    "s": 36.508,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69365,
    "c": 0.08588,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ADAF

secondary

#C39B9A

accent

#5E5BCD

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ADAF

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

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