#53B4AB#53B4AB

#53B4AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.092 H 187.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B4AB
RGB	rgb(83, 180, 171)
HSL	hsl(174, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(174, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.9%, 0%, 5%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.59, -30.66, -4.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.59, 30.94, 187.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.93% -0.0916 -0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(70.93% 0.092 187.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.2361, 37.4192, 44.3075)
Luminance	0.3742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B4AB #B4535C

analogous

#53B47B #53B4AB #538DB4

triadic

#53B4AB #AB53B4 #B4AB53

tetradic

#53B4AB #7B53B4 #B4535C #8DB453

square

#53B4AB #7B53B4 #B4535C #8DB453

split-complementary

#53B4AB #B4538D #B47B53

monochromatic

#2B625D #3D8D85 #53B4AB #7EC7C0 #A8D9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#53B4AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#53B4AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B4AB

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B4AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B4AB	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)

#ACABAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA0AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#03B8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b4ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 180, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.092 187.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccbc4',
    500: '#53b4ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b4ab;
$custom-light: #8ccbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b4ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.433,
    "s": 39.271,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70927,
    "c": 0.09234,
    "h": 187.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B4AB

secondary

#C79CA0

accent

#5964CF

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B4AB

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

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