#53B2AD#53B2AD

#53B2AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.090 H 190.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B2AD
RGB	rgb(83, 178, 173)
HSL	hsl(177, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(177, 53%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 0%, 2.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.05, -29.17, -6.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.05, 29.78, 191.61°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% -0.0885 -0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.09 190.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.0273, 36.6944, 45.1855)
Luminance	0.3670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B2AD #B25358

analogous

#53B27D #53B2AD #5387B2

triadic

#53B2AD #AD53B2 #B2AD53

tetradic

#53B2AD #7D53B2 #B25358 #87B253

square

#53B2AD #7D53B2 #B25358 #87B253

split-complementary

#53B2AD #B25387 #B27D53

monochromatic

#2B605D #3E8A86 #53B2AD #7DC5C1 #A8D8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#53B2AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#53B2AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B2AD

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B2AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B2AD	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AAAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999EAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b2ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 178, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.090 190.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc9c5',
    500: '#53b2ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b2ad;
$custom-light: #8cc9c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b2ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.842,
    "s": 38.153,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70507,
    "c": 0.09006,
    "h": 190.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B2AD

secondary

#C59B9E

accent

#5A60CE

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B2AD

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

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