#53BDAC#53BDAC

#53BDAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.101 H 181.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BDAC
RGB	rgb(83, 189, 172)
HSL	hsl(170, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(170, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 0%, 9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, -34.67, -0.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 34.68, 181.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% -0.1012 -0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.101 181.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.2080, 41.2099, 45.4368)
Luminance	0.4121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BDAC #BD5364

analogous

#53BD77 #53BDAC #5399BD

triadic

#53BDAC #AC53BD #BDAC53

tetradic

#53BDAC #7753BD #BD5364 #99BD53

square

#53BDAC #7753BD #BD5364 #99BD53

split-complementary

#53BDAC #BD5399 #BD7753

monochromatic

#296C61 #3A9889 #53BDAC #7FCEC1 #ABDFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#53BDAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#53BDAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BDAC

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BDAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BDAC	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B3AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A7AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bdac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 189, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.101 181.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1c4',
    500: '#53bdac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bdac;
$custom-light: #8dd1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bdac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.377,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73149,
    "c": 0.10118,
    "h": 181.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BDAC

secondary

#CD9FA6

accent

#5468D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BDAC

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

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