#53BEAE#53BEAE

#53BEAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.101 H 182.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BEAE
RGB	rgb(83, 190, 174)
HSL	hsl(171, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(171, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 0%, 8.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.68, -34.63, -1.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.68, 34.65, 181.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% -0.1014 -0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.101 182.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.6173, 41.7190, 46.5279)
Luminance	0.4172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BEAE #BE5363

analogous

#53BE78 #53BEAE #5398BE

triadic

#53BEAE #AE53BE #BEAE53

tetradic

#53BEAE #7853BE #BE5363 #98BE53

square

#53BEAE #7853BE #BE5363 #98BE53

split-complementary

#53BEAE #BE5398 #BE7853

monochromatic

#296D63 #3A9A8B #53BEAE #7FCFC3 #ACE0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#53BEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#53BEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BEAE

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BEAE	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B4AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A8AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53beae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 190, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.101 182.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd2c6',
    500: '#53beae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53beae;
$custom-light: #8dd2c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53beae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.028,
    "s": 45.148,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73454,
    "c": 0.10143,
    "h": 182.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BEAE

secondary

#CD9FA6

accent

#5366D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BEAE

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

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