#53BBAC#53BBAC

#53BBAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.099 H 182.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BBAC
RGB	rgb(83, 187, 172)
HSL	hsl(171, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(171, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 0%, 8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, -33.73, -1.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 33.77, 182.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% -0.099 -0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.099 182.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.7807, 40.3554, 45.2944)
Luminance	0.4036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BBAC #BB5362

analogous

#53BB78 #53BBAC #5396BB

triadic

#53BBAC #AC53BB #BBAC53

tetradic

#53BBAC #7853BB #BB5362 #96BB53

square

#53BBAC #7853BB #BB5362 #96BB53

split-complementary

#53BBAC #BB5396 #BB7853

monochromatic

#2A6A61 #3B9689 #53BBAC #7FCCC1 #ABDED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#53BBAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#53BBAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BBAC

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BBAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BBAC	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B1AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A5AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bbac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 187, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.099 182.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bbac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.346,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72662,
    "c": 0.09907,
    "h": 182.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BBAC

secondary

#CB9EA5

accent

#5567D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BBAC

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

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