#53ACA5#53ACA5

#53ACA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.086 H 188.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ACA5
RGB	rgb(83, 172, 165)
HSL	hsl(175, 35%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(175, 52%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 0%, 4.1%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.01, -28.35, -4.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.01, 28.72, 189.15°)
OKLab	oklab(68.78% -0.0852 -0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(68.78% 0.086 188.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.1085, 34.0584, 40.8408)
Luminance	0.3406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ACA5 #AC535A

analogous

#53AC79 #53ACA5 #5386AC

triadic

#53ACA5 #A553AC #ACA553

tetradic

#53ACA5 #7953AC #AC535A #86AC53

square

#53ACA5 #7953AC #AC535A #86AC53

split-complementary

#53ACA5 #AC5386 #AC7953

monochromatic

#2B5956 #3F837D #53ACA5 #7CC0BB #A6D4D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#53ACA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#53ACA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ACA5

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ACA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ACA5	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A4A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9599A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19B0AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 172, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.086 188.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc5bf',
    500: '#53aca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aca5;
$custom-light: #8bc5bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.281,
    "s": 34.902,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68784,
    "c": 0.08618,
    "h": 188.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ACA5

secondary

#C1999D

accent

#5D65CB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ACA5

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

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