#53AFAC#53AFAC

#53AFAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.088 H 192.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AFAC
RGB	rgb(83, 175, 172)
HSL	hsl(178, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(178, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 0%, 1.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.12, -27.97, -6.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.12, 28.79, 193.70°)
OKLab	oklab(69.75% -0.0856 -0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(69.75% 0.088 192.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.3405, 35.4751, 44.4810)
Luminance	0.3548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AFAC #AF5356

analogous

#53AF7E #53AFAC #5384AF

triadic

#53AFAC #AC53AF #AFAC53

tetradic

#53AFAC #7E53AF #AF5356 #84AF53

square

#53AFAC #7E53AF #AF5356 #84AF53

split-complementary

#53AFAC #AF5384 #AF7E53

monochromatic

#2B5D5B #3E8684 #53AFAC #7DC2C0 #A7D6D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#53AFAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#53AFAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AFAC

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AFAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AFAC	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A7AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969CAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#06B3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53afac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 175, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.088 192.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc7c4',
    500: '#53afac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53afac;
$custom-light: #8cc7c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53afac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.043,
    "s": 36.508,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69746,
    "c": 0.08763,
    "h": 192.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AFAC

secondary

#C39A9C

accent

#5B5FCD

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AFAC

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

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