#53ACAD#53ACAD

#53ACAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.085 H 196.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ACAD
RGB	rgb(83, 172, 173)
HSL	hsl(181, 35%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(181, 52%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 0.6%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.25, -26.21, -8.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.25, 27.61, 198.30°)
OKLab	oklab(69.05% -0.0817 -0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(69.05% 0.085 196.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.8595, 34.3588, 44.7962)
Luminance	0.3436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ACAD #AD5453

analogous

#53AD81 #53ACAD #537FAD

triadic

#53ACAD #AD53AC #ACAD53

tetradic

#53ACAD #8153AD #AD5453 #7FAD53

square

#53ACAD #8153AD #AD5453 #7FAD53

split-complementary

#53ACAD #AD537F #AD8153

monochromatic

#2B5A5A #3F8384 #53ACAD #7CC0C1 #A6D4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#53ACAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#53ACAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ACAD

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ACAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ACAD	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A5AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939AAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#07B1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53acad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 172, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.085 196.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc5c5',
    500: '#53acad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53acad;
$custom-light: #8bc5c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53acad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.667,
    "s": 35.433,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69054,
    "c": 0.08516,
    "h": 196.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ACAD

secondary

#C29A9A

accent

#5E5CCB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ACAD

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

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