#53AEAB#53AEAB

#53AEAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.087 H 192.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AEAB
RGB	rgb(83, 174, 171)
HSL	hsl(178, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(178, 52%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 0%, 1.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.79, -27.74, -6.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.79, 28.55, 193.68°)
OKLab	oklab(69.47% -0.0849 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(69.47% 0.087 192.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.0509, 35.0490, 43.9125)
Luminance	0.3505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AEAB #AE5356

analogous

#53AE7D #53AEAB #5383AE

triadic

#53AEAB #AB53AE #AEAB53

tetradic

#53AEAB #7D53AE #AE5356 #83AE53

square

#53AEAB #7D53AE #AE5356 #83AE53

split-complementary

#53AEAB #AE5383 #AE7D53

monochromatic

#2B5C5A #3F8583 #53AEAB #7DC2BF #A6D5D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#53AEAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#53AEAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AEAB

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AEAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AEAB	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A6AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969BAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0BB2AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aeab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 174, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.087 192.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc6c4',
    500: '#53aeab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aeab;
$custom-light: #8bc6c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aeab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.022,
    "s": 35.968,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6947,
    "c": 0.0869,
    "h": 192.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AEAB

secondary

#C39A9B

accent

#5C60CC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AEAB

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

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