#53AFBE#53AFBE

#53AFBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.090 H 209.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AFBE
RGB	rgb(83, 175, 190)
HSL	hsl(188, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(188, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 7.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.68, -22.96, -15.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.68, 27.96, 214.80°)
OKLab	oklab(70.39% -0.0779 -0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(70.39% 0.09 209.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.1878, 36.2139, 54.2097)
Luminance	0.3622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AFBE #BE6253

analogous

#53BE97 #53AFBE #5379BE

triadic

#53AFBE #BE53AF #AFBE53

tetradic

#53AFBE #9753BE #BE6253 #79BE53

square

#53AFBE #9753BE #BE6253 #79BE53

split-complementary

#53AFBE #BE5379 #BE9753

monochromatic

#29646D #3A8C9A #53AFBE #7FC4CF #ACD8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#53AFBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#53AFBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AFBE

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AFBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AFBE	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A9BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919DBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53afbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 175, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.090 209.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc7d1',
    500: '#53afbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53afbe;
$custom-light: #8dc7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53afbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.411,
    "s": 45.148,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7039,
    "c": 0.08958,
    "h": 209.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AFBE

secondary

#CDA69F

accent

#6553D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AFBE

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

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