#53BDAB#53BDAB

#53BDAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.102 H 180.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BDAB
RGB	rgb(83, 189, 171)
HSL	hsl(170, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(170, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 0%, 9.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.30, -34.92, -0.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.30, 34.92, 180.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% -0.1016 -0.0009)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.102 180.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.1123, 41.1716, 44.9329)
Luminance	0.4117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BDAB #BD5365

analogous

#53BD76 #53BDAB #539ABD

triadic

#53BDAB #AB53BD #BDAB53

tetradic

#53BDAB #7653BD #BD5365 #9ABD53

square

#53BDAB #7653BD #BD5365 #9ABD53

split-complementary

#53BDAB #BD539A #BD7653

monochromatic

#296C61 #3A9888 #53BDAB #7FCEC1 #ABDFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#53BDAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#53BDAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BDAB

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BDAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BDAB	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B3AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A7AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bdab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 189, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.102 180.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1c4',
    500: '#53bdab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bdab;
$custom-light: #8dd1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bdab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.811,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73118,
    "c": 0.10161,
    "h": 180.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BDAB

secondary

#CD9FA7

accent

#5469D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BDAB

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

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