#53BCAF#53BCAF

#53BCAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.099 H 184.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BCAF
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 175)
HSL	hsl(173, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(173, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 0%, 6.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.10, -33.43, -2.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.10, 33.53, 184.43°)
OKLab	oklab(73% -0.0987 -0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.099 184.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.2850, 40.8977, 46.8999)
Luminance	0.4090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BCAF #BC5360

analogous

#53BC7A #53BCAF #5395BC

triadic

#53BCAF #AF53BC #BCAF53

tetradic

#53BCAF #7A53BC #BC5360 #95BC53

square

#53BCAF #7A53BC #BC5360 #95BC53

split-complementary

#53BCAF #BC5395 #BC7A53

monochromatic

#2A6B63 #3B978C #53BCAF #7FCDC3 #ABDED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#53BCAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#53BCAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BCAF

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BCAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BCAF	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B2AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A6B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bcaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.099 184.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bcaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.571,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72999,
    "c": 0.09901,
    "h": 184.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BCAF

secondary

#CC9FA4

accent

#5464D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BCAF

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

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