#53AC97#53AC97

#53AC97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.092 H 175.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AC97
RGB	rgb(83, 172, 151)
HSL	hsl(166, 35%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(166, 52%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 0%, 12.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.62, -31.92, 2.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.62, 32.03, 175.22°)
OKLab	oklab(68.35% -0.0916 0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(68.35% 0.092 175.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.9033, 33.5763, 34.4934)
Luminance	0.3358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AC97 #AC5368

analogous

#53AC6B #53AC97 #5394AC

triadic

#53AC97 #9753AC #AC9753

tetradic

#53AC97 #6B53AC #AC5368 #94AC53

square

#53AC97 #6B53AC #AC5368 #94AC53

split-complementary

#53AC97 #AC5394 #AC6B53

monochromatic

#2B594F #3F8373 #53AC97 #7CC0B0 #A6D4C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#53AC97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#53AC97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AC97

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AC97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AC97	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A396

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28AEA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53ac97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 172, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.092 175.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac5b5',
    500: '#53ac97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53ac97;
$custom-light: #8ac5b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53ac97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.843,
    "s": 34.902,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68346,
    "c": 0.0918,
    "h": 175.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AC97

secondary

#C199A3

accent

#5D77CB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AC97

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

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