#53AFB2#53AFB2

#53AFB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.087 H 198.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AFB2
RGB	rgb(83, 175, 178)
HSL	hsl(182, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(182, 53%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 1.7%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.30, -26.34, -9.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.30, 28.13, 200.57°)
OKLab	oklab(69.95% -0.083 -0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(69.95% 0.087 198.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.9298, 35.7108, 47.5845)
Luminance	0.3571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AFB2 #B25653

analogous

#53B285 #53AFB2 #537FB2

triadic

#53AFB2 #B253AF #AFB253

tetradic

#53AFB2 #8553B2 #B25653 #7FB253

square

#53AFB2 #8553B2 #B25653 #7FB253

split-complementary

#53AFB2 #B2537F #B28553

monochromatic

#2B5E60 #3E888A #53AFB2 #7DC3C5 #A8D6D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#53AFB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#53AFB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AFB2

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AFB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AFB2	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A8B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959CB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53afb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 175, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.087 198.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc7c9',
    500: '#53afb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53afb2;
$custom-light: #8cc7c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53afb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.895,
    "s": 38.153,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69953,
    "c": 0.08734,
    "h": 198.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AFB2

secondary

#C59D9B

accent

#5D5ACE

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AFB2

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

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