#53BDAD#53BDAD

#53BDAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.101 H 182.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BDAD
RGB	rgb(83, 189, 173)
HSL	hsl(171, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(171, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 0%, 8.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.35, -34.42, -1.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.35, 34.43, 181.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% -0.1007 -0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.101 182)
XYZ	xyz(29.3044, 41.2485, 45.9445)
Luminance	0.4125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BDAD #BD5363

analogous

#53BD78 #53BDAD #5398BD

triadic

#53BDAD #AD53BD #BDAD53

tetradic

#53BDAD #7853BD #BD5363 #98BD53

square

#53BDAD #7853BD #BD5363 #98BD53

split-complementary

#53BDAD #BD5398 #BD7853

monochromatic

#296C62 #3A988A #53BDAD #7FCEC2 #ABDFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#53BDAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#53BDAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BDAD

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BDAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BDAD	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B3AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A7AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bdad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 189, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.101 182.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1c5',
    500: '#53bdad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bdad;
$custom-light: #8dd1c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bdad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.943,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7318,
    "c": 0.10077,
    "h": 182
  },
  "luminance": 0.41251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BDAD

secondary

#CD9FA6

accent

#5467D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BDAD

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

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