#53B0AF#53B0AF

#53B0AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.088 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B0AF
RGB	rgb(83, 176, 175)
HSL	hsl(179, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(179, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 0%, 0.6%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.51, -27.65, -7.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.51, 28.76, 195.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.09% -0.0854 -0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(70.09% 0.088 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.8272, 35.9823, 46.0806)
Luminance	0.3599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B0AF #B05354

analogous

#53B080 #53B0AF #5382B0

triadic

#53B0AF #AF53B0 #B0AF53

tetradic

#53B0AF #8053B0 #B05354 #82B053

square

#53B0AF #8053B0 #B05354 #82B053

split-complementary

#53B0AF #B05382 #B08053

monochromatic

#2B5E5D #3E8887 #53B0AF #7DC3C3 #A7D7D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#53B0AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#53B0AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B0AF

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B0AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B0AF	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A8AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979DB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b0af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 176, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.088 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc8c6',
    500: '#53b0af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b0af;
$custom-light: #8cc8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b0af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.355,
    "s": 37.052,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7009,
    "c": 0.08814,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B0AF

secondary

#C49B9B

accent

#5B5CCD

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B0AF

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

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