#53AEAE#53AEAE

#53AEAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.087 H 195.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AEAE
RGB	rgb(83, 174, 174)
HSL	hsl(180, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(180, 52%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 0%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.88, -26.93, -8.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.88, 28.18, 197.10°)
OKLab	oklab(69.57% -0.0836 -0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(69.57% 0.087 195.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.3401, 35.1646, 45.4356)
Luminance	0.3517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AEAE #AE5353

analogous

#53AE80 #53AEAE #5380AE

triadic

#53AEAE #AE53AE #AEAE53

tetradic

#53AEAE #8053AE #AE5353 #80AE53

square

#53AEAE #8053AE #AE5353 #80AE53

split-complementary

#53AEAE #AE5380 #AE8053

monochromatic

#2B5C5C #3F8585 #53AEAE #7DC2C2 #A6D5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#53AEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#53AEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AEAE

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AEAE	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	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)

#A4A7AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959BAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#01B3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aeae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 174, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.087 195.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc6c6',
    500: '#53aeae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aeae;
$custom-light: #8cc6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aeae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 35.968,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69572,
    "c": 0.08665,
    "h": 195.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AEAE

secondary

#C39A9A

accent

#5C5CCC

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AEAE

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

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