#53AEB0#53AEB0

#53AEB0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.087 H 197.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AEB0
RGB	rgb(83, 174, 176)
HSL	hsl(181, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(181, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 1.1%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.94, -26.39, -9.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.94, 27.98, 199.43°)
OKLab	oklab(69.64% -0.0827 -0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(69.64% 0.087 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.5366, 35.2432, 46.4700)
Luminance	0.3525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AEB0 #B05553

analogous

#53B083 #53AEB0 #537FB0

triadic

#53AEB0 #B053AE #AEB053

tetradic

#53AEB0 #8353B0 #B05553 #7FB053

square

#53AEB0 #8353B0 #B05553 #7FB053

split-complementary

#53AEB0 #B0537F #B08353

monochromatic

#2B5D5E #3E8688 #53AEB0 #7DC2C3 #A7D5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#53AEB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#53AEB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AEB0

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AEB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AEB0	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A7B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949BB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aeb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 174, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.087 197.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc6c7',
    500: '#53aeb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aeb0;
$custom-light: #8cc6c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aeb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.29,
    "s": 37.052,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69642,
    "c": 0.0866,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AEB0

secondary

#C49C9B

accent

#5D5BCD

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AEB0

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

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