#53AEAD#53AEAD

#53AEAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.087 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AEAD
RGB	rgb(83, 174, 173)
HSL	hsl(179, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(179, 52%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 0%, 0.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.85, -27.20, -7.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.85, 28.29, 195.95°)
OKLab	oklab(69.54% -0.084 -0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(69.54% 0.087 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.2430, 35.1258, 44.9240)
Luminance	0.3513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AEAD #AE5354

analogous

#53AE80 #53AEAD #5381AE

triadic

#53AEAD #AD53AE #AEAD53

tetradic

#53AEAD #8053AE #AE5354 #81AE53

square

#53AEAD #8053AE #AE5354 #81AE53

split-complementary

#53AEAD #AE5381 #AE8053

monochromatic

#2B5C5B #3F8584 #53AEAD #7DC2C1 #A6D5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#53AEAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#53AEAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AEAD

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AEAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AEAD	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A7AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959BAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#05B3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 174, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.087 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc6c5',
    500: '#53aead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aead;
$custom-light: #8bc6c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.341,
    "s": 35.968,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69538,
    "c": 0.08671,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AEAD

secondary

#C39A9B

accent

#5C5DCC

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AEAD

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

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