#53AAA5#53AAA5

#53AAA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.084 H 190.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AAA5
RGB	rgb(83, 170, 165)
HSL	hsl(177, 34%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(177, 51%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 0%, 2.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.41, -27.37, -5.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.41, 27.91, 191.28°)
OKLab	oklab(68.3% -0.0829 -0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(68.3% 0.084 190.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.7307, 33.3028, 40.7148)
Luminance	0.3331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AAA5 #AA5358

analogous

#53AA7A #53AAA5 #5383AA

triadic

#53AAA5 #A553AA #AAA553

tetradic

#53AAA5 #7A53AA #AA5358 #83AA53

square

#53AAA5 #7A53AA #AA5358 #83AA53

split-complementary

#53AAA5 #AA5383 #AA7A53

monochromatic

#2B5855 #3F817D #53AAA5 #7BBFBB #A5D3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#53AAA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#53AAA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AAA5

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AAA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AAA5	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A2A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9398A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1AAEA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aaa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 170, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.084 190.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc3bf',
    500: '#53aaa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aaa5;
$custom-light: #8bc3bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aaa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.552,
    "s": 34.387,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68296,
    "c": 0.08432,
    "h": 190.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AAA5

secondary

#C0999B

accent

#5D64CA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AAA5

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

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