#53ACA8#53ACA8

#53ACA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.086 H 191.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ACA8
RGB	rgb(83, 172, 168)
HSL	hsl(177, 35%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(177, 52%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 0%, 2.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.10, -27.56, -6.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.10, 28.23, 192.50°)
OKLab	oklab(68.88% -0.0839 -0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(68.88% 0.086 191.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.3847, 34.1689, 42.2957)
Luminance	0.3417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ACA8 #AC5357

analogous

#53AC7B #53ACA8 #5384AC

triadic

#53ACA8 #A853AC #ACA853

tetradic

#53ACA8 #7B53AC #AC5357 #84AC53

square

#53ACA8 #7B53AC #AC5357 #84AC53

split-complementary

#53ACA8 #AC5384 #AC7B53

monochromatic

#2B5957 #3F8380 #53ACA8 #7CC0BD #A6D4D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#53ACA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#53ACA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ACA8

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ACA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ACA8	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A4A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9499A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14B0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 172, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.086 191.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc5c1',
    500: '#53aca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aca8;
$custom-light: #8bc5c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.303,
    "s": 34.902,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68883,
    "c": 0.0856,
    "h": 191.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ACA8

secondary

#C1999B

accent

#5D62CB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ACA8

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

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