#53A2AE#53A2AE

#53A2AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.079 H 208.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A2AE
RGB	rgb(83, 162, 174)
HSL	hsl(188, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(188, 52%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 6.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.28, -20.85, -13.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.28, 24.93, 213.26°)
OKLab	oklab(66.68% -0.0698 -0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(66.68% 0.079 208.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.1246, 30.7335, 44.6970)
Luminance	0.3074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A2AE #AE5F53

analogous

#53AE8C #53A2AE #5374AE

triadic

#53A2AE #AE53A2 #A2AE53

tetradic

#53A2AE #8C53AE #AE5F53 #74AE53

square

#53A2AE #8C53AE #AE5F53 #74AE53

split-complementary

#53A2AE #AE5374 #AE8C53

monochromatic

#2B555C #3F7C85 #53A2AE #7DB8C2 #A6CFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#53A2AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#53A2AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A2AE

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A2AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A2AE	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969DAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8892AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#10A8A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a2ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 162, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.079 208.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbdc6',
    500: '#53a2ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a2ae;
$custom-light: #8bbdc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a2ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.912,
    "s": 35.968,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66681,
    "c": 0.0794,
    "h": 208.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A2AE

secondary

#C39F9A

accent

#6B5CCC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A2AE

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

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