#53BCAE#53BCAE

#53BCAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.099 H 183.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BCAE
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 174)
HSL	hsl(172, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(172, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 0%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, -33.69, -2.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 33.76, 183.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.0992 -0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.099 183.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.1871, 40.8586, 46.3845)
Luminance	0.4086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BCAE #BC5361

analogous

#53BC79 #53BCAE #5395BC

triadic

#53BCAE #AE53BC #BCAE53

tetradic

#53BCAE #7953BC #BC5361 #95BC53

square

#53BCAE #7953BC #BC5361 #95BC53

split-complementary

#53BCAE #BC5395 #BC7953

monochromatic

#2A6B62 #3B978B #53BCAE #7FCDC3 #ABDED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#53BCAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#53BCAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BCAE

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BCAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BCAE	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B2AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A6AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bcae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.099 183.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bcae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72967,
    "c": 0.09936,
    "h": 183.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BCAE

secondary

#CC9FA5

accent

#5465D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BCAE

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

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