#53BBAF#53BBAF

#53BBAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.098 H 185.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BBAF
RGB	rgb(83, 187, 175)
HSL	hsl(173, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(173, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 0%, 6.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, -32.96, -3.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 33.10, 185.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% -0.0976 -0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.098 185.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.0721, 40.4720, 46.8289)
Luminance	0.4047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BBAF #BB535F

analogous

#53BB7B #53BBAF #5393BB

triadic

#53BBAF #AF53BB #BBAF53

tetradic

#53BBAF #7B53BB #BB535F #93BB53

square

#53BBAF #7B53BB #BB535F #93BB53

split-complementary

#53BBAF #BB5393 #BB7B53

monochromatic

#2A6A62 #3B968B #53BBAF #7FCCC3 #ABDED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#53BBAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#53BBAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BBAF

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BBAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BBAF	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)

#B3B2AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A5B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bbaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 187, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.098 185.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bbaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.077,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72756,
    "c": 0.09801,
    "h": 185.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BBAF

secondary

#CB9EA4

accent

#5563D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BBAF

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

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