#53AFBD#53AFBD

#53AFBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.089 H 208.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AFBD
RGB	rgb(83, 175, 189)
HSL	hsl(188, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(188, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 7.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.65, -23.25, -15.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.65, 27.91, 213.62°)
OKLab	oklab(70.35% -0.0783 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(70.35% 0.089 208.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.0788, 36.1704, 53.6361)
Luminance	0.3617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AFBD #BD6153

analogous

#53BD96 #53AFBD #537ABD

triadic

#53AFBD #BD53AF #AFBD53

tetradic

#53AFBD #9653BD #BD6153 #7ABD53

square

#53AFBD #9653BD #BD6153 #7ABD53

split-complementary

#53AFBD #BD537A #BD9653

monochromatic

#29636C #3A8C98 #53AFBD #7FC4CE #ABD8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#53AFBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#53AFBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AFBD

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AFBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AFBD	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)

#A2A9BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919DBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53afbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 175, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.089 208.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53afbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.925,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70352,
    "c": 0.08925,
    "h": 208.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AFBD

secondary

#CDA59F

accent

#6554D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AFBD

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

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