#53CDAE#53CDAE

#53CDAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.118 H 173.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CDAE
RGB	rgb(83, 205, 174)
HSL	hsl(165, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(165, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 15.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.17, -41.44, 5.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.17, 41.78, 172.67°)
OKLab	oklab(77.11% -0.1175 0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(77.11% 0.118 173.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.0350, 48.5543, 47.6672)
Luminance	0.4856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CDAE #CD5372

analogous

#53CD71 #53CDAE #53AFCD

triadic

#53CDAE #AE53CD #CDAE53

tetradic

#53CDAE #7153CD #CD5372 #AFCD53

square

#53CDAE #7153CD #CD5372 #AFCD53

split-complementary

#53CDAE #CD53AF #CD7153

monochromatic

#258069 #33B090 #53CDAE #82DBC4 #B2E9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#53CDAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#53CDAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CDAE

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CDAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CDAE	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C1AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B4B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cdae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 205, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.118 173.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fddc6',
    500: '#53cdae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cdae;
$custom-light: #8fddc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cdae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.754,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77107,
    "c": 0.11832,
    "h": 173.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CDAE

secondary

#D7A5B2

accent

#4A6FDE

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF8

border

#CCD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CDAE

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

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