#53AFBB#53AFBB

#53AFBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.089 H 206.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AFBB
RGB	rgb(83, 175, 187)
HSL	hsl(187, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(187, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 6.4%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.58, -23.82, -14.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.58, 27.85, 211.24°)
OKLab	oklab(70.28% -0.0792 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(70.28% 0.089 206.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8632, 36.0841, 52.5006)
Luminance	0.3609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AFBB #BB5F53

analogous

#53BB93 #53AFBB #537BBB

triadic

#53AFBB #BB53AF #AFBB53

tetradic

#53AFBB #9353BB #BB5F53 #7BBB53

square

#53AFBB #9353BB #BB5F53 #7BBB53

split-complementary

#53AFBB #BB537B #BB9353

monochromatic

#2A626A #3B8B96 #53AFBB #7FC3CC #ABD8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#53AFBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#53AFBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AFBB

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AFBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AFBB	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A9BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929DBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53afbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 175, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.089 206.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc7cf',
    500: '#53afbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53afbb;
$custom-light: #8dc7cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53afbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.923,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70277,
    "c": 0.08867,
    "h": 206.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AFBB

secondary

#CBA49E

accent

#6355D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AFBB

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

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