#53BAAF#53BAAF

#53BAAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.097 H 185.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BAAF
RGB	rgb(83, 186, 175)
HSL	hsl(174, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(174, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 0%, 5.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.50, -32.49, -3.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.50, 32.67, 186.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% -0.0965 -0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.097 185.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.8607, 40.0492, 46.7584)
Luminance	0.4005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BAAF #BA535E

analogous

#53BA7B #53BAAF #5392BA

triadic

#53BAAF #AF53BA #BAAF53

tetradic

#53BAAF #7B53BA #BA535E #92BA53

square

#53BAAF #7B53BA #BA535E #92BA53

split-complementary

#53BAAF #BA5392 #BA7B53

monochromatic

#2A6962 #3B948B #53BAAF #7FCCC3 #AADDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#53BAAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#53BAAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BAAF

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BAAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BAAF	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B1AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A5B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53baaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 186, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.097 185.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcfc6',
    500: '#53baaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53baaf;
$custom-light: #8dcfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53baaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.592,
    "s": 42.739,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72513,
    "c": 0.09702,
    "h": 185.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BAAF

secondary

#CB9EA3

accent

#5563D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BAAF

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

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