#53BFAD#53BFAD

#53BFAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.103 H 180.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BFAD
RGB	rgb(83, 191, 173)
HSL	hsl(170, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(170, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 0%, 9.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.95, -35.35, -0.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.95, 35.35, 180.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.67% -0.1029 -0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(73.67% 0.103 180.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.7375, 42.1148, 46.0889)
Luminance	0.4212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BFAD #BF5365

analogous

#53BF77 #53BFAD #539BBF

triadic

#53BFAD #AD53BF #BFAD53

tetradic

#53BFAD #7753BF #BF5365 #9BBF53

square

#53BFAD #7753BF #BF5365 #9BBF53

split-complementary

#53BFAD #BF539B #BF7753

monochromatic

#296E63 #3A9B8B #53BFAD #80D0C2 #ACE0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#53BFAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#53BFAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BFAD

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BFAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BFAD	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B5AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A9AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bfad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 191, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.103 180.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd3c5',
    500: '#53bfad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bfad;
$custom-light: #8dd3c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bfad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73666,
    "c": 0.10292,
    "h": 180.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BFAD

secondary

#CEA0A8

accent

#5268D5

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BFAD

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

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