#53AFAD#53AFAD

#53AFAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.088 H 193.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AFAD
RGB	rgb(83, 175, 173)
HSL	hsl(179, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(179, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 0%, 1.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.15, -27.70, -7.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.15, 28.65, 194.82°)
OKLab	oklab(69.78% -0.0851 -0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(69.78% 0.088 193.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.4369, 35.5136, 44.9887)
Luminance	0.3552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AFAD #AF5355

analogous

#53AF7F #53AFAD #5383AF

triadic

#53AFAD #AD53AF #AFAD53

tetradic

#53AFAD #7F53AF #AF5355 #83AF53

square

#53AFAD #7F53AF #AF5355 #83AF53

split-complementary

#53AFAD #AF5383 #AF7F53

monochromatic

#2B5D5B #3E8685 #53AFAD #7DC2C1 #A7D6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#53AFAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#53AFAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AFAD

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AFAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AFAD	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A7AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969CAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#03B4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53afad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 175, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.088 193.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc7c5',
    500: '#53afad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53afad;
$custom-light: #8cc7c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53afad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.696,
    "s": 36.508,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6978,
    "c": 0.08751,
    "h": 193.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AFAD

secondary

#C39A9B

accent

#5B5ECD

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AFAD

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

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