#53A2AB#53A2AB

#53A2AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.079 H 205.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A2AB
RGB	rgb(83, 162, 171)
HSL	hsl(186, 35%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(186, 51%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 5.3%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.18, -21.69, -12.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.18, 24.86, 209.22°)
OKLab	oklab(66.57% -0.0711 -0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(66.57% 0.079 205.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.8354, 30.6178, 43.1739)
Luminance	0.3062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A2AB #AB5C53

analogous

#53AB88 #53A2AB #5376AB

triadic

#53A2AB #AB53A2 #A2AB53

tetradic

#53A2AB #8853AB #AB5C53 #76AB53

square

#53A2AB #8853AB #AB5C53 #76AB53

split-complementary

#53A2AB #AB5376 #AB8853

monochromatic

#2B5459 #3F7B82 #53A2AB #7CB8BF #A5CFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#53A2AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#53A2AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A2AB

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A2AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A2AB	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979CAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8992AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16A8A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a2ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 162, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.079 205.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abdc4',
    500: '#53a2ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a2ab;
$custom-light: #8abdc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a2ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.136,
    "s": 34.646,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66569,
    "c": 0.07859,
    "h": 205.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A2AB

secondary

#C19D99

accent

#685DCB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A2AB

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

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