#53C3AC#53C3AC

#53C3AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.108 H 177.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C3AC
RGB	rgb(83, 195, 172)
HSL	hsl(168, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(168, 57%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 0%, 11.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, -37.44, 2.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 37.49, 176.94°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% -0.1077 0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.108 177.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.5254, 43.8448, 45.8759)
Luminance	0.4385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C3AC #C3536A

analogous

#53C374 #53C3AC #53A2C3

triadic

#53C3AC #AC53C3 #C3AC53

tetradic

#53C3AC #7453C3 #C3536A #A2C353

square

#53C3AC #7453C3 #C3536A #A2C353

split-complementary

#53C3AC #C353A2 #C37453

monochromatic

#287364 #38A18B #53C3AC #80D3C2 #AEE3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#53C3AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#53C3AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C3AC

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C3AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C3AC	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB8AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABACAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c3ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 195, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.108 177.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed5c4',
    500: '#53c3ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c3ac;
$custom-light: #8ed5c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c3ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.679,
    "s": 48.276,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74611,
    "c": 0.10782,
    "h": 177.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C3AC

secondary

#D1A1AB

accent

#506CD8

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C3AC

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

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