#53CBAE#53CBAE

#53CBAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.116 H 174.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CBAE
RGB	rgb(83, 203, 174)
HSL	hsl(166, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(166, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 0%, 14.3%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.57, -40.55, 4.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.57, 40.80, 173.71°)
OKLab	oklab(76.62% -0.1154 0.0112)
OKLCH	oklch(76.62% 0.116 174.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5596, 47.6036, 47.5087)
Luminance	0.4761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CBAE #CB5370

analogous

#53CB72 #53CBAE #53ACCB

triadic

#53CBAE #AE53CB #CBAE53

tetradic

#53CBAE #7253CB #CB5370 #ACCB53

square

#53CBAE #7253CB #CB5370 #ACCB53

split-complementary

#53CBAE #CB53AC #CB7253

monochromatic

#267E68 #34AD90 #53CBAE #82D9C4 #B1E7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#53CBAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#53CBAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CBAE

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CBAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CBAE	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BFAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B2B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cbae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 203, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.116 174.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdbc6',
    500: '#53cbae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cbae;
$custom-light: #8fdbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cbae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.5,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7662,
    "c": 0.11596,
    "h": 174.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CBAE

secondary

#D6A4B0

accent

#4B6EDD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF8

border

#CCD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CBAE

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

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