#53ACA4#53ACA4

#53ACA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.086 H 187.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ACA4
RGB	rgb(83, 172, 164)
HSL	hsl(175, 35%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(175, 52%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 0%, 4.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.98, -28.62, -4.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.98, 28.90, 188.06°)
OKLab	oklab(68.75% -0.0857 -0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(68.75% 0.086 187.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.0178, 34.0221, 40.3633)
Luminance	0.3402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ACA4 #AC535B

analogous

#53AC78 #53ACA4 #5387AC

triadic

#53ACA4 #A453AC #ACA453

tetradic

#53ACA4 #7853AC #AC535B #87AC53

square

#53ACA4 #7853AC #AC535B #87AC53

split-complementary

#53ACA4 #AC5387 #AC7853

monochromatic

#2B5955 #3F837D #53ACA4 #7CC0BA #A6D4D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#53ACA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#53ACA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ACA4

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ACA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ACA4	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A4A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9599A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1AB0A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 172, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.086 187.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc5be',
    500: '#53aca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aca4;
$custom-light: #8bc5be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.607,
    "s": 34.902,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68751,
    "c": 0.08642,
    "h": 187.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ACA4

secondary

#C1999D

accent

#5D67CB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ACA4

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

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