#53ADA5#53ADA5

#53ADA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.087 H 187.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ADA5
RGB	rgb(83, 173, 165)
HSL	hsl(175, 35%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(175, 52%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 0%, 4.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.31, -28.84, -4.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.31, 29.14, 188.13°)
OKLab	oklab(69.03% -0.0864 -0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(69.03% 0.087 187.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.2995, 34.4404, 40.9044)
Luminance	0.3444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ADA5 #AD535B

analogous

#53AD78 #53ADA5 #5388AD

triadic

#53ADA5 #A553AD #ADA553

tetradic

#53ADA5 #7853AD #AD535B #88AD53

square

#53ADA5 #7853AD #AD535B #88AD53

split-complementary

#53ADA5 #AD5388 #AD7853

monochromatic

#2B5A56 #3F847E #53ADA5 #7CC1BB #A6D5D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#53ADA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#53ADA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ADA5

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ADA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ADA5	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A5A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969AA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18B1AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53ada5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 173, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.087 187.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc6bf',
    500: '#53ada5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53ada5;
$custom-light: #8bc6bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53ada5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.667,
    "s": 35.433,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69027,
    "c": 0.08714,
    "h": 187.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ADA5

secondary

#C29A9D

accent

#5C66CB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ADA5

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

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