#53AEB2#53AEB2

#53AEB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.087 H 199.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AEB2
RGB	rgb(83, 174, 178)
HSL	hsl(183, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(183, 53%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 2.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.00, -25.84, -10.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.00, 27.82, 201.79°)
OKLab	oklab(69.71% -0.0818 -0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(69.71% 0.087 199.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.7359, 35.3230, 47.5199)
Luminance	0.3533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AEB2 #B25753

analogous

#53B286 #53AEB2 #537EB2

triadic

#53AEB2 #B253AE #AEB253

tetradic

#53AEB2 #8653B2 #B25753 #7EB253

square

#53AEB2 #8653B2 #B25753 #7EB253

split-complementary

#53AEB2 #B2537E #B28653

monochromatic

#2B5E60 #3E878A #53AEB2 #7DC2C5 #A8D6D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#53AEB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#53AEB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AEB2

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AEB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AEB2	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A7B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949BB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aeb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 174, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.087 199.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc6c9',
    500: '#53aeb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aeb2;
$custom-light: #8cc6c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aeb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.526,
    "s": 38.153,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69712,
    "c": 0.08667,
    "h": 199.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AEB2

secondary

#C59D9B

accent

#5F5ACE

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AEB2

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

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