#53A3AF#53A3AF

#53A3AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.080 H 208.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A3AF
RGB	rgb(83, 163, 175)
HSL	hsl(188, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 6.9%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.61, -21.08, -13.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.61, 25.16, 213.08°)
OKLab	oklab(66.96% -0.0706 -0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(66.96% 0.08 208.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.3993, 31.1263, 45.2713)
Luminance	0.3113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A3AF #AF5F53

analogous

#53AF8D #53A3AF #5375AF

triadic

#53A3AF #AF53A3 #A3AF53

tetradic

#53A3AF #8D53AF #AF5F53 #75AF53

square

#53A3AF #8D53AF #AF5F53 #75AF53

split-complementary

#53A3AF #AF5375 #AF8D53

monochromatic

#2B565D #3E7D86 #53A3AF #7DB9C2 #A7D0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#53A3AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#53A3AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A3AF

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A3AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A3AF	1.00	2.91	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979EB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8993AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0DA9A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a3af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 163, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.080 208.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbec6',
    500: '#53a3af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a3af;
$custom-light: #8bbec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a3af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.826,
    "s": 36.508,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66958,
    "c": 0.08013,
    "h": 208.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A3AF

secondary

#C3A09A

accent

#6A5BCD

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A3AF

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

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