#53AFBC#53AFBC

#53AFBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.089 H 207.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AFBC
RGB	rgb(83, 175, 188)
HSL	hsl(187, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(187, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 6.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.62, -23.53, -14.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.62, 27.88, 212.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.32% -0.0788 -0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(70.32% 0.089 207.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.9707, 36.1271, 53.0664)
Luminance	0.3613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AFBC #BC6053

analogous

#53BC95 #53AFBC #537ABC

triadic

#53AFBC #BC53AF #AFBC53

tetradic

#53AFBC #9553BC #BC6053 #7ABC53

square

#53AFBC #9553BC #BC6053 #7ABC53

split-complementary

#53AFBC #BC537A #BC9553

monochromatic

#2A636B #3B8C97 #53AFBC #7FC3CD #ABD8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#53AFBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#53AFBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AFBC

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AFBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AFBC	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A9BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929DBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53afbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 175, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.089 207.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc7d0',
    500: '#53afbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53afbc;
$custom-light: #8dc7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53afbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.429,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70315,
    "c": 0.08895,
    "h": 207.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AFBC

secondary

#CCA49F

accent

#6454D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AFBC

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

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