#53C9AE#53C9AE

#53C9AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.114 H 175.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C9AE
RGB	rgb(83, 201, 174)
HSL	hsl(166, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(166, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 0%, 13.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.97, -39.66, 3.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.97, 39.82, 174.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76.13% -0.1133 0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(76.13% 0.114 175.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.0904, 46.6651, 47.3523)
Luminance	0.4667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C9AE #C9536E

analogous

#53C973 #53C9AE #53A9C9

triadic

#53C9AE #AE53C9 #C9AE53

tetradic

#53C9AE #7353C9 #C9536E #A9C953

square

#53C9AE #7353C9 #C9536E #A9C953

split-complementary

#53C9AE #C953A9 #C97353

monochromatic

#277B68 #35AA8F #53C9AE #82D8C4 #B0E6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#53C9AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#53C9AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C9AE

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C9AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C9AE	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BDAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B1B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c9ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 201, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.114 175.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edac6',
    500: '#53c9ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c9ae;
$custom-light: #8edac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c9ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.271,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76132,
    "c": 0.11363,
    "h": 175.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C9AE

secondary

#D4A3AF

accent

#4C6DDC

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF8

border

#CCD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C9AE

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

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