#53ACA0#53ACA0

#53ACA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.088 H 183.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ACA0
RGB	rgb(83, 172, 160)
HSL	hsl(172, 35%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(172, 52%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 0%, 7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.87, -29.66, -1.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.87, 29.72, 183.84°)
OKLab	oklab(68.62% -0.0875 -0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(68.62% 0.088 183.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.6623, 33.8799, 38.4907)
Luminance	0.3388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ACA0 #AC535F

analogous

#53AC73 #53ACA0 #538CAC

triadic

#53ACA0 #A053AC #ACA053

tetradic

#53ACA0 #7353AC #AC535F #8CAC53

square

#53ACA0 #7353AC #AC535F #8CAC53

split-complementary

#53ACA0 #AC538C #AC7353

monochromatic

#2B5953 #3F837A #53ACA0 #7CC0B7 #A6D4CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#53ACA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#53ACA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ACA0

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ACA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ACA0	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A4A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9699A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20AFA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 172, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.088 183.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc5bc',
    500: '#53aca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aca0;
$custom-light: #8bc5bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.91,
    "s": 34.902,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68622,
    "c": 0.08766,
    "h": 183.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ACA0

secondary

#C1999F

accent

#5D6CCB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ACA0

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

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