#53BAB2#53BAB2

#53BAB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.096 H 188.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BAB2
RGB	rgb(83, 186, 178)
HSL	hsl(175, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(175, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 0%, 4.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, -31.70, -4.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 32.09, 188.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% -0.0952 -0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.096 188.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.1586, 40.1683, 48.3275)
Luminance	0.4017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BAB2 #BA535B

analogous

#53BA7E #53BAB2 #538EBA

triadic

#53BAB2 #B253BA #BAB253

tetradic

#53BAB2 #7E53BA #BA535B #8EBA53

square

#53BAB2 #7E53BA #BA535B #8EBA53

split-complementary

#53BAB2 #BA538E #BA7E53

monochromatic

#2A6964 #3B948D #53BAB2 #7FCCC6 #AADDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#53BAB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#53BAB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BAB2

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BAB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BAB2	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B1B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A5B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bab2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 186, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.096 188.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcfc9',
    500: '#53bab2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bab2;
$custom-light: #8dcfc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bab2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.34,
    "s": 42.739,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7261,
    "c": 0.09621,
    "h": 188.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BAB2

secondary

#CB9EA2

accent

#555FD3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BAB2

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

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