#53AFAE#53AFAE

#53AFAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.087 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AFAE
RGB	rgb(83, 175, 174)
HSL	hsl(179, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(179, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 0%, 0.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.18, -27.43, -7.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.18, 28.53, 195.96°)
OKLab	oklab(69.81% -0.0847 -0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(69.81% 0.087 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.5341, 35.5525, 45.5002)
Luminance	0.3555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AFAE #AF5354

analogous

#53AF80 #53AFAE #5382AF

triadic

#53AFAE #AE53AF #AFAE53

tetradic

#53AFAE #8053AF #AF5354 #82AF53

square

#53AFAE #8053AF #AF5354 #82AF53

split-complementary

#53AFAE #AF5382 #AF8053

monochromatic

#2B5D5C #3E8686 #53AFAE #7DC2C2 #A7D6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#53AFAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#53AFAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AFAE

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AFAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AFAE	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A7AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969CAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53afae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 175, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.087 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc7c6',
    500: '#53afae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53afae;
$custom-light: #8cc7c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53afae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.348,
    "s": 36.508,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69814,
    "c": 0.08743,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AFAE

secondary

#C39A9B

accent

#5B5DCD

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AFAE

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

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