#53B2AB#53B2AB

#53B2AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.090 H 188.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B2AB
RGB	rgb(83, 178, 171)
HSL	hsl(176, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(176, 53%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 0%, 3.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.99, -29.70, -4.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.99, 30.11, 189.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% -0.0894 -0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.09 188.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.8352, 36.6175, 44.1739)
Luminance	0.3662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B2AB #B2535A

analogous

#53B27B #53B2AB #5389B2

triadic

#53B2AB #AB53B2 #B2AB53

tetradic

#53B2AB #7B53B2 #B2535A #89B253

square

#53B2AB #7B53B2 #B2535A #89B253

split-complementary

#53B2AB #B25389 #B27B53

monochromatic

#2B605C #3E8A84 #53B2AB #7DC5C0 #A8D8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#53B2AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#53B2AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B2AB

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B2AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B2AB	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AAAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9EAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#05B6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b2ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 178, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.090 188.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc9c4',
    500: '#53b2ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b2ab;
$custom-light: #8cc9c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b2ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.579,
    "s": 38.153,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70441,
    "c": 0.09046,
    "h": 188.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B2AB

secondary

#C59B9F

accent

#5A62CE

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B2AB

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

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