#53B8AE#53B8AE

#53B8AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.095 H 186.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B8AE
RGB	rgb(83, 184, 174)
HSL	hsl(174, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(174, 55%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 0%, 5.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, -31.80, -3.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 32.03, 186.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72% -0.0947 -0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.095 186.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.3444, 39.1733, 46.1037)
Luminance	0.3918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B8AE #B8535D

analogous

#53B87B #53B8AE #5390B8

triadic

#53B8AE #AE53B8 #B8AE53

tetradic

#53B8AE #7B53B8 #B8535D #90B853

square

#53B8AE #7B53B8 #B8535D #90B853

split-complementary

#53B8AE #B85390 #B87B53

monochromatic

#2A6660 #3C9289 #53B8AE #7ECAC2 #AADCD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#53B8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#53B8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B8AE

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B8AE	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAFAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA3AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 184, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.095 186.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcdc6',
    500: '#53b8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b8ae;
$custom-light: #8dcdc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.059,
    "s": 41.564,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71996,
    "c": 0.09537,
    "h": 186.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B8AE

secondary

#C99DA2

accent

#5663D1

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B8AE

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

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