#53BDAF#53BDAF

#53BDAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.100 H 183.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BDAF
RGB	rgb(83, 189, 175)
HSL	hsl(172, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(172, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 0%, 7.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.40, -33.90, -2.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.40, 33.97, 183.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% -0.0998 -0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.1 183.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.4993, 41.3265, 46.9713)
Luminance	0.4133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BDAF #BD5361

analogous

#53BD7A #53BDAF #5396BD

triadic

#53BDAF #AF53BD #BDAF53

tetradic

#53BDAF #7A53BD #BD5361 #96BD53

square

#53BDAF #7A53BD #BD5361 #96BD53

split-complementary

#53BDAF #BD5396 #BD7A53

monochromatic

#296C63 #3A988C #53BDAF #7FCEC4 #ABDFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#53BDAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#53BDAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BDAF

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BDAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BDAF	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B3AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A7B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bdaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 189, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.100 183.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bdaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.075,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73242,
    "c": 0.10002,
    "h": 183.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BDAF

secondary

#CD9FA5

accent

#5465D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BDAF

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

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