#53C5AE#53C5AE

#53C5AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.109 H 177.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C5AE
RGB	rgb(83, 197, 174)
HSL	hsl(168, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(168, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 0%, 11.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.78, -37.85, 1.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.78, 37.90, 177.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.16% -0.109 0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(75.16% 0.109 177.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.1700, 44.8244, 47.0455)
Luminance	0.4483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C5AE #C5536A

analogous

#53C575 #53C5AE #53A3C5

triadic

#53C5AE #AE53C5 #C5AE53

tetradic

#53C5AE #7553C5 #C5536A #A3C553

square

#53C5AE #7553C5 #C5536A #A3C553

split-complementary

#53C5AE #C553A3 #C57553

monochromatic

#287666 #37A48E #53C5AE #81D4C4 #AFE4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#53C5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#53C5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C5AE

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C5AE	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBAAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADADB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 197, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.109 177.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed7c6',
    500: '#53c5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c5ae;
$custom-light: #8ed7c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.895,
    "s": 49.565,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75158,
    "c": 0.10907,
    "h": 177.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C5AE

secondary

#D2A2AC

accent

#4F6BD9

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C5AE

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

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