#53AFAA#53AFAA

#53AFAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.088 H 190.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AFAA
RGB	rgb(83, 175, 170)
HSL	hsl(177, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(177, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 0%, 2.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.06, -28.50, -5.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.06, 29.08, 191.50°)
OKLab	oklab(69.68% -0.0864 -0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(69.68% 0.088 190.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.1499, 35.3988, 43.4770)
Luminance	0.3540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AFAA #AF5358

analogous

#53AF7C #53AFAA #5386AF

triadic

#53AFAA #AA53AF #AFAA53

tetradic

#53AFAA #7C53AF #AF5358 #86AF53

square

#53AFAA #7C53AF #AF5358 #86AF53

split-complementary

#53AFAA #AF5386 #AF7C53

monochromatic

#2B5D5A #3E8682 #53AFAA #7DC2BF #A7D6D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#53AFAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#53AFAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AFAA

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AFAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AFAA	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A7AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979CAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0CB3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53afaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 175, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.088 190.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc7c3',
    500: '#53afaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53afaa;
$custom-light: #8bc7c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53afaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.739,
    "s": 36.508,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69679,
    "c": 0.08793,
    "h": 190.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AFAA

secondary

#C39A9D

accent

#5B61CD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AFAA

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

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