#53C8AA#53C8AA

#53C8AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.115 H 173.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C8AA
RGB	rgb(83, 200, 170)
HSL	hsl(165, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(165, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 0%, 15%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.58, -40.18, 5.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.58, 40.52, 172.64°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% -0.114 0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.115 173.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.4738, 46.0467, 45.2516)
Luminance	0.4605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C8AA #C85371

analogous

#53C86F #53C8AA #53ACC8

triadic

#53C8AA #AA53C8 #C8AA53

tetradic

#53C8AA #6F53C8 #C85371 #ACC853

square

#53C8AA #6F53C8 #C85371 #ACC853

split-complementary

#53C8AA #C853AC #C86F53

monochromatic

#277A64 #36A88B #53C8AA #81D7C1 #B0E6D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#53C8AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#53C8AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C8AA

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C8AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C8AA	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BCA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B0AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c8aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 200, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.115 173.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed9c3',
    500: '#53c8aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c8aa;
$custom-light: #8ed9c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c8aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.615,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75775,
    "c": 0.11478,
    "h": 173.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C8AA

secondary

#D4A3B0

accent

#4D71DB

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F2FAF7

border

#CCD3D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C8AA

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

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