#53CAB2#53CAB2

#53CAB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.113 H 177.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CAB2
RGB	rgb(83, 202, 178)
HSL	hsl(168, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(168, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 0%, 11.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.38, -39.13, 2.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.38, 39.18, 177.04°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% -0.1125 0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.113 177.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.7200, 47.2911, 49.5146)
Luminance	0.4729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CAB2 #CA536B

analogous

#53CA76 #53CAB2 #53A6CA

triadic

#53CAB2 #B253CA #CAB253

tetradic

#53CAB2 #7653CA #CA536B #A6CA53

square

#53CAB2 #7653CA #CA536B #A6CA53

split-complementary

#53CAB2 #CA53A6 #CA7653

monochromatic

#267C6B #35AB93 #53CAB2 #82D8C7 #B1E7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#53CAB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#53CAB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CAB2

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CAB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CAB2	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BFB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B2B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cab2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 202, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.113 177.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdbc9',
    500: '#53cab2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cab2;
$custom-light: #8fdbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cab2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.899,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76491,
    "c": 0.11264,
    "h": 177.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CAB2

secondary

#D5A4AE

accent

#4C69DC

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF8

border

#CCD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CAB2

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

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