#53AFAF#53AFAF

#53AFAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.087 H 195.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AFAF
RGB	rgb(83, 175, 175)
HSL	hsl(180, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(180, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 0%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.21, -27.16, -8.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.21, 28.41, 197.10°)
OKLab	oklab(69.85% -0.0842 -0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(69.85% 0.087 195.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.6319, 35.5916, 46.0155)
Luminance	0.3559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AFAF #AF5353

analogous

#53AF81 #53AFAF #5381AF

triadic

#53AFAF #AF53AF #AFAF53

tetradic

#53AFAF #8153AF #AF5353 #81AF53

square

#53AFAF #8153AF #AF5353 #81AF53

split-complementary

#53AFAF #AF5381 #AF8153

monochromatic

#2B5D5D #3E8686 #53AFAF #7DC2C2 #A7D6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#53AFAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#53AFAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AFAF

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AFAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AFAF	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A8AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969CB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53afaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 175, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.087 195.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53afaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 36.508,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69848,
    "c": 0.08736,
    "h": 195.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AFAF

secondary

#C39A9A

accent

#5B5BCD

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AFAF

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

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