#53B4AA#53B4AA

#53B4AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.093 H 186.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B4AA
RGB	rgb(83, 180, 170)
HSL	hsl(174, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(174, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.9%, 0%, 5.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.56, -30.93, -3.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.56, 31.13, 186.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% -0.0921 -0.0101)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.093 186.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.1411, 37.3812, 43.8074)
Luminance	0.3738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B4AA #B4535D

analogous

#53B47A #53B4AA #538EB4

triadic

#53B4AA #AA53B4 #B4AA53

tetradic

#53B4AA #7A53B4 #B4535D #8EB453

square

#53B4AA #7A53B4 #B4535D #8EB453

split-complementary

#53B4AA #B4538E #B47A53

monochromatic

#2B625C #3D8D84 #53B4AA #7EC7BF #A8D9D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#53B4AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#53B4AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B4AA

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B4AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B4AA	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACABAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA0AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#06B8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b4aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 180, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.093 186.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccbc3',
    500: '#53b4aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b4aa;
$custom-light: #8ccbc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b4aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.814,
    "s": 39.271,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70895,
    "c": 0.09263,
    "h": 186.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B4AA

secondary

#C79CA0

accent

#5965CF

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B4AA

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

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