#53AEBE#53AEBE

#53AEBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.089 H 210.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AEBE
RGB	rgb(83, 174, 190)
HSL	hsl(189, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 8.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.39, -22.45, -16.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.39, 27.80, 216.16°)
OKLab	oklab(70.15% -0.0768 -0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(70.15% 0.089 210.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.9939, 35.8261, 54.1451)
Luminance	0.3583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AEBE #BE6353

analogous

#53BE98 #53AEBE #5378BE

triadic

#53AEBE #BE53AE #AEBE53

tetradic

#53AEBE #9853BE #BE6353 #78BE53

square

#53AEBE #9853BE #BE6353 #78BE53

split-complementary

#53AEBE #BE5378 #BE9853

monochromatic

#29636D #3A8B9A #53AEBE #7FC3CF #ACD8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#53AEBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#53AEBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AEBE

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AEBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AEBE	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A8BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909CBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 174, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.089 210.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc6d1',
    500: '#53aebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aebe;
$custom-light: #8dc6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.972,
    "s": 45.148,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70152,
    "c": 0.08924,
    "h": 210.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AEBE

secondary

#CDA69F

accent

#6653D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AEBE

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

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