#53CAAD#53CAAD

#53CAAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.115 H 174.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CAAD
RGB	rgb(83, 202, 173)
HSL	hsl(165, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(165, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 0%, 14.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.25, -40.35, 4.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.25, 40.61, 173.58°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% -0.1148 0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.115 174.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.2271, 47.0940, 46.9187)
Luminance	0.4710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CAAD #CA5370

analogous

#53CA71 #53CAAD #53ABCA

triadic

#53CAAD #AD53CA #CAAD53

tetradic

#53CAAD #7153CA #CA5370 #ABCA53

square

#53CAAD #7153CA #CA5370 #ABCA53

split-complementary

#53CAAD #CA53AB #CA7153

monochromatic

#267C67 #35AB8E #53CAAD #82D8C3 #B1E7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#53CAAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#53CAAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CAAD

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CAAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CAAD	1.00	2.02	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BEAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B1AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53caad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 202, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.115 174.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdbc5',
    500: '#53caad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53caad;
$custom-light: #8fdbc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53caad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.378,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76348,
    "c": 0.11536,
    "h": 174.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CAAD

secondary

#D5A4B0

accent

#4C6FDC

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF8

border

#CCD4D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CAAD

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

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