#53C5AD#53C5AD

#53C5AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.110 H 177.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C5AD
RGB	rgb(83, 197, 173)
HSL	hsl(167, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(167, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 0%, 12.2%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.75, -38.10, 2.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.75, 38.18, 176.44°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% -0.1094 0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.11 177)
XYZ	xyz(31.0729, 44.7856, 46.5340)
Luminance	0.4479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C5AD #C5536B

analogous

#53C574 #53C5AD #53A4C5

triadic

#53C5AD #AD53C5 #C5AD53

tetradic

#53C5AD #7453C5 #C5536B #A4C553

square

#53C5AD #7453C5 #C5536B #A4C553

split-complementary

#53C5AD #C553A4 #C57453

monochromatic

#287665 #37A48D #53C5AD #81D4C3 #AFE4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#53C5AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#53C5AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C5AD

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C5AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C5AD	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBAAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADADAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c5ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 197, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.110 177.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed7c5',
    500: '#53c5ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c5ad;
$custom-light: #8ed7c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c5ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.368,
    "s": 49.565,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75128,
    "c": 0.10958,
    "h": 177
  },
  "luminance": 0.44789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C5AD

secondary

#D2A2AC

accent

#4F6CD9

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C5AD

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

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