#53AAAC#53AAAC

#53AAAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.084 H 197.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AAAC
RGB	rgb(83, 170, 172)
HSL	hsl(181, 35%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(181, 52%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 1.2%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.62, -25.48, -9.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.62, 27.04, 199.56°)
OKLab	oklab(68.54% -0.0799 -0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(68.54% 0.084 197.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.3853, 33.5647, 44.1626)
Luminance	0.3357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AAAC #AC5553

analogous

#53AC81 #53AAAC #537EAC

triadic

#53AAAC #AC53AA #AAAC53

tetradic

#53AAAC #8153AC #AC5553 #7EAC53

square

#53AAAC #8153AC #AC5553 #7EAC53

split-complementary

#53AAAC #AC537E #AC8153

monochromatic

#2B5859 #3F8183 #53AAAC #7CBEC0 #A6D3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#53AAAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#53AAAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AAAC

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AAAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AAAC	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A3AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9198AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0DAFAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aaac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 170, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.084 197.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc3c4',
    500: '#53aaac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aaac;
$custom-light: #8bc3c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aaac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.348,
    "s": 34.902,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68536,
    "c": 0.0837,
    "h": 197.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AAAC

secondary

#C19A99

accent

#5F5DCB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AAAC

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

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