#53C4AD#53C4AD

#53C4AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.108 H 177.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C4AD
RGB	rgb(83, 196, 173)
HSL	hsl(168, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(168, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 0%, 11.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.45, -37.65, 1.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.45, 37.70, 177.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% -0.1083 0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.108 177.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.8466, 44.3329, 46.4586)
Luminance	0.4434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C4AD #C4536A

analogous

#53C475 #53C4AD #53A2C4

triadic

#53C4AD #AD53C4 #C4AD53

tetradic

#53C4AD #7553C4 #C4536A #A2C453

square

#53C4AD #7553C4 #C4536A #A2C453

split-complementary

#53C4AD #C453A2 #C47553

monochromatic

#287565 #38A28C #53C4AD #81D4C3 #AEE3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#53C4AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#53C4AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C4AD

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C4AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C4AD	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB9AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACADAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c4ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 196, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.108 177.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed6c5',
    500: '#53c4ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c4ad;
$custom-light: #8ed6c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c4ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.788,
    "s": 48.918,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74885,
    "c": 0.10845,
    "h": 177.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C4AD

secondary

#D1A2AB

accent

#4F6BD8

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C4AD

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

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