#53B4AC#53B4AC

#53B4AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.092 H 188.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B4AC
RGB	rgb(83, 180, 172)
HSL	hsl(175, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(175, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.9%, 0%, 4.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.62, -30.40, -4.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.62, 30.75, 188.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% -0.0912 -0.0129)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.092 188.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.3318, 37.4575, 44.8114)
Luminance	0.3746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B4AC #B4535B

analogous

#53B47C #53B4AC #538CB4

triadic

#53B4AC #AC53B4 #B4AC53

tetradic

#53B4AC #7C53B4 #B4535B #8CB453

square

#53B4AC #7C53B4 #B4535B #8CB453

split-complementary

#53B4AC #B4538C #B47C53

monochromatic

#2B625D #3D8D86 #53B4AC #7EC7C1 #A8D9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#53B4AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#53B4AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B4AC

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B4AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B4AC	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABABAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA0AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b4ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 180, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.092 188.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccbc4',
    500: '#53b4ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b4ac;
$custom-light: #8ccbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b4ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.052,
    "s": 39.271,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70959,
    "c": 0.09209,
    "h": 188.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B4AC

secondary

#C79CA0

accent

#5962CF

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B4AC

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

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