#53AAA4#53AAA4

#53AAA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.085 H 189.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AAA4
RGB	rgb(83, 170, 164)
HSL	hsl(176, 34%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(176, 51%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 0%, 3.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.38, -27.63, -4.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.38, 28.07, 190.14°)
OKLab	oklab(68.26% -0.0834 -0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(68.26% 0.085 189.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.6401, 33.2666, 40.2374)
Luminance	0.3327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AAA4 #AA5359

analogous

#53AA79 #53AAA4 #5385AA

triadic

#53AAA4 #A453AA #AAA453

tetradic

#53AAA4 #7953AA #AA5359 #85AA53

square

#53AAA4 #7953AA #AA5359 #85AA53

split-complementary

#53AAA4 #AA5385 #AA7953

monochromatic

#2B5855 #3F817C #53AAA4 #7BBFBA #A5D3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#53AAA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#53AAA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AAA4

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AAA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AAA4	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A2A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9398A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1CAEA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aaa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 170, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.085 189.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc3be',
    500: '#53aaa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aaa4;
$custom-light: #8bc3be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aaa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.862,
    "s": 34.387,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68263,
    "c": 0.08451,
    "h": 189.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AAA4

secondary

#C0999B

accent

#5D65CA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AAA4

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

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