#53C0AD#53C0AD

#53C0AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.104 H 180.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C0AD
RGB	rgb(83, 192, 173)
HSL	hsl(170, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(170, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 0%, 9.9%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, -35.81, 0.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 35.81, 179.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% -0.104 -0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.104 180)
XYZ	xyz(29.9564, 42.5525, 46.1618)
Luminance	0.4255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C0AD #C05366

analogous

#53C077 #53C0AD #539DC0

triadic

#53C0AD #AD53C0 #C0AD53

tetradic

#53C0AD #7753C0 #C05366 #9DC053

square

#53C0AD #7753C0 #C05366 #9DC053

split-complementary

#53C0AD #C0539D #C07753

monochromatic

#297063 #399C8B #53C0AD #80D0C2 #ADE1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#53C0AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#53C0AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C0AD

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C0AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C0AD	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B6AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A9AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c0ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 192, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.104 180.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd3c5',
    500: '#53c0ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c0ad;
$custom-light: #8dd3c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c0ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.541,
    "s": 46.383,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7391,
    "c": 0.104,
    "h": 180
  },
  "luminance": 0.42555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C0AD

secondary

#CFA0A8

accent

#5269D6

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C0AD

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

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