#53C4AC#53C4AC

#53C4AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.109 H 176.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C4AC
RGB	rgb(83, 196, 172)
HSL	hsl(167, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(167, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 0%, 12.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.42, -37.89, 2.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.42, 37.97, 176.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% -0.1088 0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.109 176.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.7502, 44.2944, 45.9509)
Luminance	0.4430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C4AC #C4536B

analogous

#53C474 #53C4AC #53A3C4

triadic

#53C4AC #AC53C4 #C4AC53

tetradic

#53C4AC #7453C4 #C4536B #A3C453

square

#53C4AC #7453C4 #C4536B #A3C453

split-complementary

#53C4AC #C453A3 #C47453

monochromatic

#287564 #38A28C #53C4AC #81D4C2 #AEE3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#53C4AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#53C4AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C4AC

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C4AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C4AC	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB9AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACACAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c4ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 196, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.109 176.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed6c4',
    500: '#53c4ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c4ac;
$custom-light: #8ed6c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c4ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.257,
    "s": 48.918,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74855,
    "c": 0.10896,
    "h": 176.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C4AC

secondary

#D1A2AC

accent

#4F6CD8

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C4AC

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

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