#53B7AE#53B7AE

#53B7AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.094 H 187.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B7AE
RGB	rgb(83, 183, 174)
HSL	hsl(175, 41%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(175, 55%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 0%, 4.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, -31.32, -4.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 31.61, 187.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% -0.0936 -0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.094 187.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.1375, 38.7593, 46.0347)
Luminance	0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B7AE #B7535C

analogous

#53B77C #53B7AE #538EB7

triadic

#53B7AE #AE53B7 #B7AE53

tetradic

#53B7AE #7C53B7 #B7535C #8EB753

square

#53B7AE #7C53B7 #B7535C #8EB753

split-complementary

#53B7AE #B7538E #B77C53

monochromatic

#2A6560 #3C9089 #53B7AE #7EC9C2 #A9DBD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#53B7AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#53B7AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B7AE

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B7AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B7AE	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAEAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA2AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b7ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 183, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.094 187.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccdc6',
    500: '#53b7ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b7ae;
$custom-light: #8ccdc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b7ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.6,
    "s": 40.984,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71753,
    "c": 0.09441,
    "h": 187.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B7AE

secondary

#C99DA1

accent

#5762D1

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B7AE

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

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