#53BBAB#53BBAB

#53BBAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.099 H 181.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BBAB
RGB	rgb(83, 187, 171)
HSL	hsl(171, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(171, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 0%, 8.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, -33.99, -0.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 34.01, 181.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% -0.0994 -0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.099 181.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.6850, 40.3172, 44.7905)
Luminance	0.4032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BBAB #BB5363

analogous

#53BB77 #53BBAB #5397BB

triadic

#53BBAB #AB53BB #BBAB53

tetradic

#53BBAB #7753BB #BB5363 #97BB53

square

#53BBAB #7753BB #BB5363 #97BB53

split-complementary

#53BBAB #BB5397 #BB7753

monochromatic

#2A6A60 #3B9688 #53BBAB #7FCCC0 #ABDED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#53BBAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#53BBAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BBAB

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BBAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BBAB	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B1AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A5AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bbab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 187, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.099 181.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd0c4',
    500: '#53bbab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bbab;
$custom-light: #8dd0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bbab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.769,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72631,
    "c": 0.09946,
    "h": 181.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BBAB

secondary

#CB9EA5

accent

#5568D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BBAB

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

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