#53A2A4#53A2A4

#53A2A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.078 H 197.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A2A4
RGB	rgb(83, 162, 164)
HSL	hsl(181, 33%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(181, 49%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 1.2%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.96, -23.63, -8.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.96, 25.12, 199.84°)
OKLab	oklab(66.32% -0.0741 -0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(66.32% 0.078 197.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.1858, 30.3580, 39.7526)
Luminance	0.3036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A2A4 #A45553

analogous

#53A47D #53A2A4 #5379A4

triadic

#53A2A4 #A453A2 #A2A453

tetradic

#53A2A4 #7D53A4 #A45553 #79A453

square

#53A2A4 #7D53A4 #A45553 #79A453

split-complementary

#53A2A4 #A45379 #A47D53

monochromatic

#2A5253 #3E7A7B #53A2A4 #79BABB #A2CFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#53A2A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#53A2A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A2A4

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A2A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A2A4	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999CA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B91A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20A7A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a2a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 162, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.078 197.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abdbe',
    500: '#53a2a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a2a4;
$custom-light: #8abdbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a2a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.481,
    "s": 32.794,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66317,
    "c": 0.07774,
    "h": 197.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A2A4

secondary

#BD9796

accent

#615FC9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A2A4

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

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