#53CAAF#53CAAF

#53CAAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.114 H 175.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CAAF
RGB	rgb(83, 202, 175)
HSL	hsl(166, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(166, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 0%, 13.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.30, -39.86, 3.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.30, 40.02, 174.94°)
OKLab	oklab(76.41% -0.1139 0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(76.41% 0.114 175.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4221, 47.1719, 47.9456)
Luminance	0.4718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CAAF #CA536E

analogous

#53CA73 #53CAAF #53A9CA

triadic

#53CAAF #AF53CA #CAAF53

tetradic

#53CAAF #7353CA #CA536E #A9CA53

square

#53CAAF #7353CA #CA536E #A9CA53

split-complementary

#53CAAF #CA53A9 #CA7353

monochromatic

#267C69 #35AB90 #53CAAF #82D8C5 #B1E7DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#53CAAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#53CAAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CAAF

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CAAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CAAF	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BEAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B1B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53caaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 202, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.114 175.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdbc6',
    500: '#53caaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53caaf;
$custom-light: #8fdbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53caaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.387,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76405,
    "c": 0.11424,
    "h": 175.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CAAF

secondary

#D5A4AF

accent

#4C6CDC

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF8

border

#CCD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CAAF

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

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