#53AAA0#53AAA0

#53AAA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.086 H 185.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AAA0
RGB	rgb(83, 170, 160)
HSL	hsl(173, 34%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(173, 51%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 0%, 5.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.26, -28.68, -2.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.26, 28.83, 185.73°)
OKLab	oklab(68.13% -0.0852 -0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(68.13% 0.086 185.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.2845, 33.1243, 38.3648)
Luminance	0.3313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AAA0 #AA535D

analogous

#53AA74 #53AAA0 #5389AA

triadic

#53AAA0 #A053AA #AAA053

tetradic

#53AAA0 #7453AA #AA535D #89AA53

square

#53AAA0 #7453AA #AA535D #89AA53

split-complementary

#53AAA0 #AA5389 #AA7453

monochromatic

#2B5853 #3F8179 #53AAA0 #7BBFB7 #A5D3CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#53AAA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#53AAA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AAA0

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AAA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AAA0	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A2A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9497A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21ADA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aaa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 170, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.086 185.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac3bc',
    500: '#53aaa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aaa0;
$custom-light: #8ac3bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aaa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.103,
    "s": 34.387,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68133,
    "c": 0.08555,
    "h": 185.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AAA0

secondary

#C0999D

accent

#5D6ACA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AAA0

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

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