#53ACAB#53ACAB

#53ACAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.085 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ACAB
RGB	rgb(83, 172, 171)
HSL	hsl(179, 35%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(179, 52%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 0%, 0.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.19, -26.75, -7.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.19, 27.82, 195.95°)
OKLab	oklab(68.99% -0.0826 -0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(68.99% 0.085 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.6674, 34.2820, 43.7846)
Luminance	0.3428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ACAB #AC5354

analogous

#53AC7F #53ACAB #5380AC

triadic

#53ACAB #AB53AC #ACAB53

tetradic

#53ACAB #7F53AC #AC5354 #80AC53

square

#53ACAB #7F53AC #AC5354 #80AC53

split-complementary

#53ACAB #AC5380 #AC7F53

monochromatic

#2B5959 #3F8382 #53ACAB #7CC0BF #A6D4D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#53ACAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#53ACAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ACAB

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ACAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ACAB	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A5AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949AAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0DB1AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53acab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 172, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.085 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc5c4',
    500: '#53acab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53acab;
$custom-light: #8bc5c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53acab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.326,
    "s": 34.902,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68985,
    "c": 0.08526,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ACAB

secondary

#C1999A

accent

#5D5ECB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ACAB

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

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