#53BFAB#53BFAB

#53BFAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.104 H 179.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BFAB
RGB	rgb(83, 191, 171)
HSL	hsl(169, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(169, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 0%, 10.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.90, -35.85, 0.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.90, 35.86, 178.78°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% -0.1038 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.104 179.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.5455, 42.0380, 45.0773)
Luminance	0.4204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BFAB #BF5367

analogous

#53BF75 #53BFAB #539DBF

triadic

#53BFAB #AB53BF #BFAB53

tetradic

#53BFAB #7553BF #BF5367 #9DBF53

square

#53BFAB #7553BF #BF5367 #9DBF53

split-complementary

#53BFAB #BF539D #BF7553

monochromatic

#296E62 #3A9B89 #53BFAB #80D0C1 #ACE0D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#53BFAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#53BFAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BFAB

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BFAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BFAB	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B5AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A8AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bfab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 191, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.104 179.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd3c4',
    500: '#53bfab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bfab;
$custom-light: #8dd3c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bfab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.889,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73606,
    "c": 0.10382,
    "h": 179.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BFAB

secondary

#CEA0A8

accent

#526BD5

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BFAB

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

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