#53AAA8#53AAA8

#53AAA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.084 H 193.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AAA8
RGB	rgb(83, 170, 168)
HSL	hsl(179, 34%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(179, 51%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 0%, 1.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.49, -26.57, -7.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.49, 27.48, 194.76°)
OKLab	oklab(68.4% -0.0816 -0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(68.4% 0.084 193.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.0070, 33.4133, 42.1698)
Luminance	0.3342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AAA8 #AA5355

analogous

#53AA7D #53AAA8 #5380AA

triadic

#53AAA8 #A853AA #AAA853

tetradic

#53AAA8 #7D53AA #AA5355 #80AA53

square

#53AAA8 #7D53AA #AA5355 #80AA53

split-complementary

#53AAA8 #AA5380 #AA7D53

monochromatic

#2B5857 #3F817F #53AAA8 #7BBFBD #A5D3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#53AAA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#53AAA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AAA8

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AAA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AAA8	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A3A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9298A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15AEA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aaa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 170, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.084 193.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc3c1',
    500: '#53aaa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aaa8;
$custom-light: #8bc3c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aaa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.621,
    "s": 34.387,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68398,
    "c": 0.08389,
    "h": 193.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AAA8

secondary

#C09999

accent

#5D60CA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AAA8

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

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