#53ABA5#53ABA5

#53ABA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.085 H 189.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ABA5
RGB	rgb(83, 171, 165)
HSL	hsl(176, 35%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(176, 51%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 0%, 3.5%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.71, -27.86, -5.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.71, 28.31, 190.20°)
OKLab	oklab(68.54% -0.0841 -0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(68.54% 0.085 189.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.9189, 33.6792, 40.7776)
Luminance	0.3368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ABA5 #AB5359

analogous

#53AB79 #53ABA5 #5385AB

triadic

#53ABA5 #A553AB #ABA553

tetradic

#53ABA5 #7953AB #AB5359 #85AB53

square

#53ABA5 #7953AB #AB5359 #85AB53

split-complementary

#53ABA5 #AB5385 #AB7953

monochromatic

#2B5955 #3F827D #53ABA5 #7CBFBB #A5D3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#53ABA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#53ABA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ABA5

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ABA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ABA5	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A3A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9498A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1AAFA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 171, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.085 189.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc4bf',
    500: '#53aba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aba5;
$custom-light: #8bc4bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.909,
    "s": 34.646,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6854,
    "c": 0.08523,
    "h": 189.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ABA5

secondary

#C1999C

accent

#5D65CB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ABA5

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

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