#53AEBB#53AEBB

#53AEBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.088 H 207.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AEBB
RGB	rgb(83, 174, 187)
HSL	hsl(188, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(188, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.29, -23.31, -14.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.29, 27.66, 212.57°)
OKLab	oklab(70.04% -0.0781 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(70.04% 0.088 207.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.6693, 35.6963, 52.4360)
Luminance	0.3570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AEBB #BB6053

analogous

#53BB94 #53AEBB #537ABB

triadic

#53AEBB #BB53AE #AEBB53

tetradic

#53AEBB #9453BB #BB6053 #7ABB53

square

#53AEBB #9453BB #BB6053 #7ABB53

split-complementary

#53AEBB #BB537A #BB9453

monochromatic

#2A626A #3B8A96 #53AEBB #7FC3CC #ABD7DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#53AEBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#53AEBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AEBB

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AEBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AEBB	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A8BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919CBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aebb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 174, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.088 207.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc6cf',
    500: '#53aebb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aebb;
$custom-light: #8dc6cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aebb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70039,
    "c": 0.08826,
    "h": 207.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AEBB

secondary

#CBA49E

accent

#6555D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AEBB

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

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