#53A3AC#53A3AC

#53A3AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.079 H 205.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A3AC
RGB	rgb(83, 163, 172)
HSL	hsl(186, 35%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(186, 52%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 5.2%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.52, -21.93, -12.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.52, 25.09, 209.08°)
OKLab	oklab(66.85% -0.0718 -0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(66.85% 0.079 205.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.1079, 31.0098, 43.7368)
Luminance	0.3101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A3AC #AC5C53

analogous

#53AC88 #53A3AC #5377AC

triadic

#53A3AC #AC53A3 #A3AC53

tetradic

#53A3AC #8853AC #AC5C53 #77AC53

square

#53A3AC #8853AC #AC5C53 #77AC53

split-complementary

#53A3AC #AC5377 #AC8853

monochromatic

#2B5559 #3F7C83 #53A3AC #7CB9C0 #A6CFD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#53A3AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#53A3AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A3AC

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A3AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A3AC	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989DAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A93AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#13A9A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a3ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 163, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.079 205.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbec4',
    500: '#53a3ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a3ac;
$custom-light: #8bbec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a3ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.067,
    "s": 34.902,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66847,
    "c": 0.07933,
    "h": 205.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A3AC

secondary

#C19D99

accent

#685DCB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A3AC

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

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