#53AFB3#53AFB3

#53AFB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.087 H 199.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AFB3
RGB	rgb(83, 175, 179)
HSL	hsl(183, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(183, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 2.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.33, -26.06, -10.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.33, 28.05, 201.74°)
OKLab	oklab(69.99% -0.0825 -0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(69.99% 0.087 199.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.0306, 35.7511, 48.1152)
Luminance	0.3575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AFB3 #B35753

analogous

#53B387 #53AFB3 #537FB3

triadic

#53AFB3 #B353AF #AFB353

tetradic

#53AFB3 #8753B3 #B35753 #7FB353

square

#53AFB3 #8753B3 #B35753 #7FB353

split-complementary

#53AFB3 #B3537F #B38753

monochromatic

#2B5F61 #3E888B #53AFB3 #7DC3C6 #A8D6D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#53AFB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#53AFB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AFB3

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AFB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AFB3	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A8B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949CB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53afb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 175, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.087 199.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc7c9',
    500: '#53afb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53afb3;
$custom-light: #8cc7c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53afb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.5,
    "s": 38.71,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69988,
    "c": 0.08738,
    "h": 199.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AFB3

secondary

#C69E9C

accent

#5E59CF

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AFB3

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

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