#53CBAF#53CBAF

#53CBAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.115 H 175.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CBAF
RGB	rgb(83, 203, 175)
HSL	hsl(166, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(166, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 0%, 13.8%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.60, -40.31, 3.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.60, 40.51, 174.38°)
OKLab	oklab(76.65% -0.115 0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(76.65% 0.115 175.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.6575, 47.6427, 48.0240)
Luminance	0.4765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CBAF #CB536F

analogous

#53CB73 #53CBAF #53ABCB

triadic

#53CBAF #AF53CB #CBAF53

tetradic

#53CBAF #7353CB #CB536F #ABCB53

square

#53CBAF #7353CB #CB536F #ABCB53

split-complementary

#53CBAF #CB53AB #CB7353

monochromatic

#267E69 #34AD91 #53CBAF #82D9C5 #B1E7DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#53CBAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#53CBAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CBAF

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CBAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CBAF	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BFAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B2B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cbaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 203, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.115 175.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cbaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76648,
    "c": 0.11538,
    "h": 175.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CBAF

secondary

#D6A4B0

accent

#4B6DDD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF8

border

#CCD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CBAF

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

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