#53AFBF#53AFBF

#53AFBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.090 H 210.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AFBF
RGB	rgb(83, 175, 191)
HSL	hsl(189, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 8.4%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.72, -22.67, -16.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.72, 28.02, 215.98°)
OKLab	oklab(70.43% -0.0775 -0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(70.43% 0.09 210.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.2974, 36.2578, 54.7873)
Luminance	0.3626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AFBF #BF6353

analogous

#53BF99 #53AFBF #5379BF

triadic

#53AFBF #BF53AF #AFBF53

tetradic

#53AFBF #9953BF #BF6353 #79BF53

square

#53AFBF #9953BF #BF6353 #79BF53

split-complementary

#53AFBF #BF5379 #BF9953

monochromatic

#29646E #3A8D9B #53AFBF #80C4D0 #ACD8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#53AFBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#53AFBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AFBF

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AFBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AFBF	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A9C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919DBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53afbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 175, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.090 210.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc7d2',
    500: '#53afbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53afbf;
$custom-light: #8dc7d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53afbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.889,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70428,
    "c": 0.08993,
    "h": 210.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AFBF

secondary

#CEA7A0

accent

#6652D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AFBF

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

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