#53BFAE#53BFAE

#53BFAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.102 H 181.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BFAE
RGB	rgb(83, 191, 174)
HSL	hsl(171, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(171, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 0%, 8.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.98, -35.09, -0.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.98, 35.10, 181.24°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% -0.1025 -0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.102 181.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.8347, 42.1537, 46.6004)
Luminance	0.4216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BFAE #BF5364

analogous

#53BF78 #53BFAE #539ABF

triadic

#53BFAE #AE53BF #BFAE53

tetradic

#53BFAE #7853BF #BF5364 #9ABF53

square

#53BFAE #7853BF #BF5364 #9ABF53

split-complementary

#53BFAE #BF539A #BF7853

monochromatic

#296E64 #3A9B8C #53BFAE #80D0C3 #ACE0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#53BFAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#53BFAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BFAE

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BFAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BFAE	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B5AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A9B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bfae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 191, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.102 181.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd3c6',
    500: '#53bfae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bfae;
$custom-light: #8dd3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bfae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.556,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73697,
    "c": 0.10249,
    "h": 181.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BFAE

secondary

#CEA0A7

accent

#5267D5

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BFAE

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

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