#53AEC0#53AEC0

#53AEC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.090 H 212.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AEC0
RGB	rgb(83, 174, 192)
HSL	hsl(190, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(190, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 9.4%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.45, -21.87, -17.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.45, 27.95, 218.53°)
OKLab	oklab(70.23% -0.076 -0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(70.23% 0.09 212.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.2139, 35.9142, 55.3042)
Luminance	0.3592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AEC0 #C06553

analogous

#53C09C #53AEC0 #5378C0

triadic

#53AEC0 #C053AE #AEC053

tetradic

#53AEC0 #9C53C0 #C06553 #78C053

square

#53AEC0 #9C53C0 #C06553 #78C053

split-complementary

#53AEC0 #C05378 #C09C53

monochromatic

#296470 #398C9C #53AEC0 #80C3D0 #ADD8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#53AEC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#53AEC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AEC0

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AEC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AEC0	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A9C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9CC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 174, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.090 212.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc6d3',
    500: '#53aec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aec0;
$custom-light: #8dc6d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.908,
    "s": 46.383,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70228,
    "c": 0.09002,
    "h": 212.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AEC0

secondary

#CFA8A0

accent

#6852D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AEC0

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

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