#53AEBD#53AEBD

#53AEBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.089 H 209.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AEBD
RGB	rgb(83, 174, 189)
HSL	hsl(188, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(188, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 7.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.35, -22.74, -15.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.35, 27.74, 214.97°)
OKLab	oklab(70.11% -0.0772 -0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(70.11% 0.089 209.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.8849, 35.7826, 53.5715)
Luminance	0.3579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AEBD #BD6253

analogous

#53BD97 #53AEBD #5379BD

triadic

#53AEBD #BD53AE #AEBD53

tetradic

#53AEBD #9753BD #BD6253 #79BD53

square

#53AEBD #9753BD #BD6253 #79BD53

split-complementary

#53AEBD #BD5379 #BD9753

monochromatic

#29636C #3A8B98 #53AEBD #7FC3CE #ABD8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#53AEBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#53AEBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AEBD

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AEBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AEBD	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A8BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909CBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 174, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.089 209.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc6d0',
    500: '#53aebd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aebd;
$custom-light: #8dc6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.491,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70114,
    "c": 0.08889,
    "h": 209.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AEBD

secondary

#CDA69F

accent

#6654D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AEBD

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

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