#53C8AE#53C8AE

#53C8AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.112 H 176.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C8AE
RGB	rgb(83, 200, 174)
HSL	hsl(167, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(167, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 0%, 13%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.68, -39.21, 3.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.68, 39.34, 175.38°)
OKLab	oklab(75.89% -0.1122 0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(75.89% 0.112 176)
XYZ	xyz(31.8580, 46.2004, 47.2748)
Luminance	0.4620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C8AE #C8536D

analogous

#53C873 #53C8AE #53A7C8

triadic

#53C8AE #AE53C8 #C8AE53

tetradic

#53C8AE #7353C8 #C8536D #A7C853

square

#53C8AE #7353C8 #C8536D #A7C853

split-complementary

#53C8AE #C853A7 #C87353

monochromatic

#277A67 #36A88F #53C8AE #81D7C4 #B0E6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#53C8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#53C8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C8AE

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C8AE	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BDAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B0B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 200, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.112 176.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed9c6',
    500: '#53c8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c8ae;
$custom-light: #8ed9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.667,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75889,
    "c": 0.11248,
    "h": 176
  },
  "luminance": 0.46204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C8AE

secondary

#D4A3AE

accent

#4D6CDB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF8

border

#CCD3D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C8AE

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

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