#53CABF#53CABF

#53CABF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.108 H 186.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CABF
RGB	rgb(83, 202, 191)
HSL	hsl(174, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(174, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 0%, 5.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.72, -35.81, -4.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.72, 36.09, 187.17°)
OKLab	oklab(76.89% -0.1067 -0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(76.89% 0.108 186.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.0876, 47.8382, 56.7174)
Luminance	0.4784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CABF #CA535E

analogous

#53CA83 #53CABF #5399CA

triadic

#53CABF #BF53CA #CABF53

tetradic

#53CABF #8353CA #CA535E #99CA53

square

#53CABF #8353CA #CA535E #99CA53

split-complementary

#53CABF #CA5399 #CA8353

monochromatic

#267C74 #35ABA0 #53CABF #82D8D0 #B1E7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#53CABF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#53CABF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CABF

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CABF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CABF	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB2C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cabf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 202, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.108 186.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdad2',
    500: '#53cabf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cabf;
$custom-light: #8fdad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cabf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.454,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76888,
    "c": 0.10751,
    "h": 186.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CABF

secondary

#D5A4A8

accent

#4C59DC

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF9

border

#CCD4D2

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CABF

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

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