#53A4A5#53A4A5

#53A4A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.079 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A4A5
RGB	rgb(83, 164, 165)
HSL	hsl(181, 33%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(181, 50%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 0.6%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.60, -24.37, -8.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.60, 25.70, 198.48°)
OKLab	oklab(66.84% -0.076 -0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(66.84% 0.079 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.6315, 31.1044, 40.3484)
Luminance	0.3111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A4A5 #A55453

analogous

#53A57D #53A4A5 #537BA5

triadic

#53A4A5 #A553A4 #A4A553

tetradic

#53A4A5 #7D53A5 #A55453 #7BA553

square

#53A4A5 #7D53A5 #A55453 #7BA553

split-complementary

#53A4A5 #A5537B #A57D53

monochromatic

#2A5354 #3F7C7C #53A4A5 #79BBBC #A2D0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#53A4A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#53A4A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A4A5

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A4A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A4A5	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9DA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D93A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1EA9A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a4a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 164, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.079 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abfbf',
    500: '#53a4a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a4a5;
$custom-light: #8abfbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a4a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.732,
    "s": 33.065,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66838,
    "c": 0.07925,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A4A5

secondary

#BE9796

accent

#605FC9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A4A5

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

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