#53AFBA#53AFBA

#53AFBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.088 H 205.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AFBA
RGB	rgb(83, 175, 186)
HSL	hsl(186, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(186, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 5.9%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.55, -24.10, -13.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.55, 27.84, 210.04°)
OKLab	oklab(70.24% -0.0796 -0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(70.24% 0.088 205.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.7566, 36.0415, 51.9388)
Luminance	0.3604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AFBA #BA5E53

analogous

#53BA92 #53AFBA #537BBA

triadic

#53AFBA #BA53AF #AFBA53

tetradic

#53AFBA #9253BA #BA5E53 #7BBA53

square

#53AFBA #9253BA #BA5E53 #7BBA53

split-complementary

#53AFBA #BA537B #BA9253

monochromatic

#2A6269 #3B8B94 #53AFBA #7FC3CC #AAD8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#53AFBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#53AFBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AFBA

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AFBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AFBA	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A9BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929DBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53afba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 175, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.088 205.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc7ce',
    500: '#53afba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53afba;
$custom-light: #8dc7ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53afba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.408,
    "s": 42.739,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70241,
    "c": 0.08842,
    "h": 205.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AFBA

secondary

#CBA39E

accent

#6355D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AFBA

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

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