#53B2AF#53B2AF

#53B2AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.090 H 192.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B2AF
RGB	rgb(83, 178, 175)
HSL	hsl(178, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(178, 53%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 0%, 1.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.11, -28.63, -7.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.11, 29.48, 193.77°)
OKLab	oklab(70.57% -0.0876 -0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(70.57% 0.09 192.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.2223, 36.7724, 46.2123)
Luminance	0.3678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B2AF #B25356

analogous

#53B27F #53B2AF #5385B2

triadic

#53B2AF #AF53B2 #B2AF53

tetradic

#53B2AF #7F53B2 #B25356 #85B253

square

#53B2AF #7F53B2 #B25356 #85B253

split-complementary

#53B2AF #B25385 #B27F53

monochromatic

#2B605E #3E8A88 #53B2AF #7DC5C3 #A8D8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#53B2AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#53B2AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B2AF

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B2AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B2AF	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AAAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999EB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b2af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 178, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.090 192.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc9c6',
    500: '#53b2af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b2af;
$custom-light: #8cc9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b2af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.105,
    "s": 38.153,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70574,
    "c": 0.08976,
    "h": 192.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B2AF

secondary

#C59B9D

accent

#5A5DCE

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B2AF

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

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