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#53afaa

a balanced, soft cyan · cool · closest name: teal

RGB
83, 175, 170
HSL
177°, 37%, 51%
CMYK
53, 0, 3, 31
Luminance
0.3540

Every format

HEX#53afaa
RGBrgb(83, 175, 170)
HSLhsl(177, 37%, 51%)
CMYKcmyk(53%, 0%, 3%, 31%)
LABlab(66.1 -28.5 -5.8)
LCHlch(66.1 29.1 191.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.697 0.088 190.6)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #53afaa;
background-color: #53afaa;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#53afaa] bg-[#53afaa]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #53afaa;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.325, green: 0.686, blue: 0.667)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#53afaa")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#53afaa on white: 2.60:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#53afaa on black: 8.08:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red32.5%
Green68.6%
Blue66.7%

CMYK percentages

Cyan52.6%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow2.9%
Key (black)31.4%

Color previews

#53afaa text on a black background

contrast 8.08:1

Card sample

#53afaa text on a white background

contrast 2.60:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #53afaa;
Background color
Panel with #53afaa background
background-color: #53afaa;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #53afaa;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(83, 175, 170, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(83, 175, 170, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #53afaa;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #53afaa, #5377AF);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #53afaa

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #53afaa in the Color Lab