#53CDAD#53CDAD

#53CDAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.119 H 172.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CDAD
RGB	rgb(83, 205, 173)
HSL	hsl(164, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(164, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 15.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.15, -41.68, 5.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.15, 42.09, 172.03°)
OKLab	oklab(77.08% -0.118 0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(77.08% 0.119 172.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.9378, 48.5154, 47.1556)
Luminance	0.4852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CDAD #CD5373

analogous

#53CD70 #53CDAD #53B0CD

triadic

#53CDAD #AD53CD #CDAD53

tetradic

#53CDAD #7053CD #CD5373 #B0CD53

square

#53CDAD #7053CD #CD5373 #B0CD53

split-complementary

#53CDAD #CD53B0 #CD7053

monochromatic

#258068 #33B08F #53CDAD #82DBC4 #B2E9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#53CDAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#53CDAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CDAD

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CDAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CDAD	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C1AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B4AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cdad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 205, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.119 172.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fddc5',
    500: '#53cdad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cdad;
$custom-light: #8fddc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cdad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.262,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77079,
    "c": 0.11892,
    "h": 172.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CDAD

secondary

#D7A5B2

accent

#4A71DE

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF8

border

#CCD4D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CDAD

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

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