#53AEAF#53AEAF

#53AEAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.087 H 196.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AEAF
RGB	rgb(83, 174, 175)
HSL	hsl(181, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(181, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 0.6%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.91, -26.66, -8.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.91, 28.07, 198.26°)
OKLab	oklab(69.61% -0.0831 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(69.61% 0.087 196.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.4380, 35.2038, 45.9509)
Luminance	0.3521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AEAF #AF5453

analogous

#53AF82 #53AEAF #5380AF

triadic

#53AEAF #AF53AE #AEAF53

tetradic

#53AEAF #8253AF #AF5453 #80AF53

square

#53AEAF #8253AF #AF5453 #80AF53

split-complementary

#53AEAF #AF5380 #AF8253

monochromatic

#2B5C5D #3E8686 #53AEAF #7DC2C2 #A7D5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#53AEAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#53AEAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AEAF

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AEAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AEAF	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A7AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949BB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aeaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 174, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.087 196.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aeaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.652,
    "s": 36.508,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69607,
    "c": 0.08661,
    "h": 196.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AEAF

secondary

#C39B9A

accent

#5D5BCD

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AEAF

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

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