#53B2AC#53B2AC

#53B2AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.090 H 189.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B2AC
RGB	rgb(83, 178, 172)
HSL	hsl(176, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(176, 53%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 0%, 3.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.02, -29.43, -5.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.02, 29.94, 190.56°)
OKLab	oklab(70.47% -0.0889 -0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(70.47% 0.09 189.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.9309, 36.6558, 44.6778)
Luminance	0.3666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B2AC #B25359

analogous

#53B27C #53B2AC #5388B2

triadic

#53B2AC #AC53B2 #B2AC53

tetradic

#53B2AC #7C53B2 #B25359 #88B253

square

#53B2AC #7C53B2 #B25359 #88B253

split-complementary

#53B2AC #B25388 #B27C53

monochromatic

#2B605C #3E8A85 #53B2AC #7DC5C0 #A8D8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#53B2AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#53B2AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B2AC

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B2AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B2AC	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AAAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9EAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#02B6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b2ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 178, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.090 189.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc9c4',
    500: '#53b2ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b2ac;
$custom-light: #8cc9c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b2ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.211,
    "s": 38.153,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70474,
    "c": 0.09025,
    "h": 189.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B2AC

secondary

#C59B9E

accent

#5A61CE

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B2AC

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

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