#53BDAE#53BDAE

#53BDAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.100 H 182.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BDAE
RGB	rgb(83, 189, 174)
HSL	hsl(172, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(172, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 0%, 7.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.38, -34.16, -1.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.38, 34.20, 182.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.21% -0.1003 -0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(73.21% 0.1 182.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.4015, 41.2873, 46.4560)
Luminance	0.4129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BDAE #BD5362

analogous

#53BD79 #53BDAE #5397BD

triadic

#53BDAE #AE53BD #BDAE53

tetradic

#53BDAE #7953BD #BD5362 #97BD53

square

#53BDAE #7953BD #BD5362 #97BD53

split-complementary

#53BDAE #BD5397 #BD7953

monochromatic

#296C63 #3A988B #53BDAE #7FCEC3 #ABDFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#53BDAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#53BDAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BDAE

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BDAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BDAE	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B3AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A7AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bdae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 189, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.100 182.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1c6',
    500: '#53bdae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bdae;
$custom-light: #8dd1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bdae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.509,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73211,
    "c": 0.10039,
    "h": 182.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BDAE

secondary

#CD9FA6

accent

#5466D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BDAE

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

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