#53ABA0#53ABA0

#53ABA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.087 H 184.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ABA0
RGB	rgb(83, 171, 160)
HSL	hsl(173, 35%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(173, 51%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 0%, 6.4%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.56, -29.17, -2.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.56, 29.27, 184.77°)
OKLab	oklab(68.38% -0.0863 -0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(68.38% 0.087 184.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.4727, 33.5007, 38.4275)
Luminance	0.3350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ABA0 #AB535E

analogous

#53AB74 #53ABA0 #538AAB

triadic

#53ABA0 #A053AB #ABA053

tetradic

#53ABA0 #7453AB #AB535E #8AAB53

square

#53ABA0 #7453AB #AB535E #8AAB53

split-complementary

#53ABA0 #AB538A #AB7453

monochromatic

#2B5953 #3F8279 #53ABA0 #7CBFB7 #A5D3CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#53ABA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#53ABA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ABA0

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ABA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ABA0	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A3A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9598A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20AEA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aba0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 171, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.087 184.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac4bc',
    500: '#53aba0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aba0;
$custom-light: #8ac4bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aba0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 34.646,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68377,
    "c": 0.0866,
    "h": 184.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ABA0

secondary

#C1999E

accent

#5D6BCB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ABA0

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

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