#53BBAE#53BBAE

#53BBAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.098 H 184.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BBAE
RGB	rgb(83, 187, 174)
HSL	hsl(173, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(173, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 0%, 7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, -33.22, -2.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 33.32, 184.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% -0.0981 -0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.098 184.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.9742, 40.4328, 46.3136)
Luminance	0.4044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BBAE #BB5360

analogous

#53BB7A #53BBAE #5394BB

triadic

#53BBAE #AE53BB #BBAE53

tetradic

#53BBAE #7A53BB #BB5360 #94BB53

square

#53BBAE #7A53BB #BB5360 #94BB53

split-complementary

#53BBAE #BB5394 #BB7A53

monochromatic

#2A6A62 #3B968A #53BBAE #7FCCC3 #ABDED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#53BBAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#53BBAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BBAE

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BBAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BBAE	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B2AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A5AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bbae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 187, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.098 184.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd0c6',
    500: '#53bbae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bbae;
$custom-light: #8dd0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bbae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72724,
    "c": 0.09834,
    "h": 184.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BBAE

secondary

#CB9EA4

accent

#5565D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BBAE

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

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