#53AFAB#53AFAB

#53AFAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.088 H 191.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AFAB
RGB	rgb(83, 175, 171)
HSL	hsl(177, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(177, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 0%, 2.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.09, -28.23, -6.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.09, 28.93, 192.59°)
OKLab	oklab(69.71% -0.086 -0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(69.71% 0.088 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.2449, 35.4368, 43.9771)
Luminance	0.3544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AFAB #AF5357

analogous

#53AF7D #53AFAB #5385AF

triadic

#53AFAB #AB53AF #AFAB53

tetradic

#53AFAB #7D53AF #AF5357 #85AF53

square

#53AFAB #7D53AF #AF5357 #85AF53

split-complementary

#53AFAB #AF5385 #AF7D53

monochromatic

#2B5D5A #3E8683 #53AFAB #7DC2BF #A7D6D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#53AFAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#53AFAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AFAB

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AFAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AFAB	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A7AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979CAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0AB3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53afab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 175, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.088 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc7c4',
    500: '#53afab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53afab;
$custom-light: #8bc7c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53afab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.391,
    "s": 36.508,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69712,
    "c": 0.08777,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AFAB

secondary

#C39A9C

accent

#5B60CD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AFAB

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

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