#53BFAF#53BFAF

#53BFAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.102 H 182.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BFAF
RGB	rgb(83, 191, 175)
HSL	hsl(171, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(171, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 0%, 8.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.00, -34.84, -1.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.00, 34.86, 182.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% -0.102 -0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.102 182.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.9325, 42.1928, 47.1157)
Luminance	0.4220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BFAF #BF5363

analogous

#53BF79 #53BFAF #5399BF

triadic

#53BFAF #AF53BF #BFAF53

tetradic

#53BFAF #7953BF #BF5363 #99BF53

square

#53BFAF #7953BF #BF5363 #99BF53

split-complementary

#53BFAF #BF5399 #BF7953

monochromatic

#296E64 #3A9B8D #53BFAF #80D0C4 #ACE0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#53BFAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#53BFAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BFAF

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BFAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BFAF	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B5AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A9B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bfaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 191, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.102 182.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bfaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.111,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73728,
    "c": 0.10209,
    "h": 182.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BFAF

secondary

#CEA0A7

accent

#5266D5

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BFAF

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

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