#53A4A4#53A4A4

#53A4A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.079 H 195.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A4A4
RGB	rgb(83, 164, 164)
HSL	hsl(180, 33%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(180, 49%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 0%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.57, -24.64, -7.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.57, 25.80, 197.20°)
OKLab	oklab(66.8% -0.0764 -0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(66.8% 0.079 195.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.5409, 31.0682, 39.8710)
Luminance	0.3107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A4A4 #A45353

analogous

#53A47B #53A4A4 #537BA4

triadic

#53A4A4 #A453A4 #A4A453

tetradic

#53A4A4 #7B53A4 #A45353 #7BA453

square

#53A4A4 #7B53A4 #A45353 #7BA453

split-complementary

#53A4A4 #A4537B #A47B53

monochromatic

#2A5353 #3E7B7B #53A4A4 #79BBBB #A2D0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#53A4A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#53A4A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A4A4

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A4A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A4A4	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9DA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D93A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FA8A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a4a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 164, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.079 195.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abfbe',
    500: '#53a4a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a4a4;
$custom-light: #8abfbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a4a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 32.794,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66803,
    "c": 0.07928,
    "h": 195.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A4A4

secondary

#BD9696

accent

#5F5FC9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A4A4

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

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