#53A2AD#53A2AD

#53A2AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.079 H 207.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A2AD
RGB	rgb(83, 162, 173)
HSL	hsl(187, 35%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(187, 52%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 6.4%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.25, -21.13, -13.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.25, 24.89, 211.91°)
OKLab	oklab(66.64% -0.0703 -0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(66.64% 0.079 207.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.0274, 30.6946, 44.1855)
Luminance	0.3070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A2AD #AD5E53

analogous

#53AD8B #53A2AD #5375AD

triadic

#53A2AD #AD53A2 #A2AD53

tetradic

#53A2AD #8B53AD #AD5E53 #75AD53

square

#53A2AD #8B53AD #AD5E53 #75AD53

split-complementary

#53A2AD #AD5375 #AD8B53

monochromatic

#2B555A #3F7B84 #53A2AD #7CB8C1 #A6CFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#53A2AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#53A2AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A2AD

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A2AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A2AD	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979DAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8892AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12A8A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a2ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 162, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.079 207.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbdc5',
    500: '#53a2ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a2ad;
$custom-light: #8bbdc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a2ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.333,
    "s": 35.433,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66643,
    "c": 0.07911,
    "h": 207.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A2AD

secondary

#C29F9A

accent

#6A5CCB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A2AD

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

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