#53ABAC#53ABAC

#53ABAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.084 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ABAC
RGB	rgb(83, 171, 172)
HSL	hsl(181, 35%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(181, 52%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 0.6%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.92, -25.98, -8.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.92, 27.37, 198.32°)
OKLab	oklab(68.78% -0.081 -0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(68.78% 0.084 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.5735, 33.9410, 44.2253)
Luminance	0.3394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ABAC #AC5453

analogous

#53AC80 #53ABAC #537FAC

triadic

#53ABAC #AC53AB #ABAC53

tetradic

#53ABAC #8053AC #AC5453 #7FAC53

square

#53ABAC #8053AC #AC5453 #7FAC53

split-complementary

#53ABAC #AC537F #AC8053

monochromatic

#2B5959 #3F8283 #53ABAC #7CBFC0 #A6D3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#53ABAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#53ABAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ABAC

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ABAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ABAC	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A4AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9299AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0CB0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53abac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 171, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.084 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc4c4',
    500: '#53abac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53abac;
$custom-light: #8bc4c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53abac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.674,
    "s": 34.902,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68777,
    "c": 0.08444,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ABAC

secondary

#C19A99

accent

#5E5DCB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ABAC

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

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