#53B2AE#53B2AE

#53B2AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.090 H 191.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B2AE
RGB	rgb(83, 178, 174)
HSL	hsl(177, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(177, 53%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 0%, 2.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.08, -28.90, -6.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.08, 29.62, 192.69°)
OKLab	oklab(70.54% -0.0881 -0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(70.54% 0.09 191.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.1244, 36.7332, 45.6970)
Luminance	0.3674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B2AE #B25357

analogous

#53B27E #53B2AE #5386B2

triadic

#53B2AE #AE53B2 #B2AE53

tetradic

#53B2AE #7E53B2 #B25357 #86B253

square

#53B2AE #7E53B2 #B25357 #86B253

split-complementary

#53B2AE #B25386 #B27E53

monochromatic

#2B605E #3E8A87 #53B2AE #7DC5C2 #A8D8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#53B2AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#53B2AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B2AE

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B2AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B2AE	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AAAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999EAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b2ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 178, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.090 191.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc9c6',
    500: '#53b2ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b2ae;
$custom-light: #8cc9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b2ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.474,
    "s": 38.153,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7054,
    "c": 0.0899,
    "h": 191.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B2AE

secondary

#C59B9D

accent

#5A5FCE

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B2AE

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

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