#53ACAA#53ACAA

#53ACAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.085 H 193.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ACAA
RGB	rgb(83, 172, 170)
HSL	hsl(179, 35%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(179, 52%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 0%, 1.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.16, -27.02, -7.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.16, 27.95, 194.79°)
OKLab	oklab(68.95% -0.083 -0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(68.95% 0.085 193.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.5725, 34.2440, 43.2845)
Luminance	0.3425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ACAA #AC5355

analogous

#53AC7E #53ACAA #5381AC

triadic

#53ACAA #AA53AC #ACAA53

tetradic

#53ACAA #7E53AC #AC5355 #81AC53

square

#53ACAA #7E53AC #AC5355 #81AC53

split-complementary

#53ACAA #AC5381 #AC7E53

monochromatic

#2B5958 #3F8381 #53ACAA #7CC0BE #A6D4D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#53ACAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#53ACAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ACAA

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ACAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ACAA	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A5AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9499AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#10B0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53acaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 172, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.085 193.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc5c3',
    500: '#53acaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53acaa;
$custom-light: #8bc5c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53acaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.652,
    "s": 34.902,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68951,
    "c": 0.08535,
    "h": 193.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ACAA

secondary

#C1999A

accent

#5D5FCB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ACAA

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

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