#53A4AC#53A4AC

#53A4AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.080 H 203.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A4AC
RGB	rgb(83, 164, 172)
HSL	hsl(185, 35%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(185, 52%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 4.7%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.82, -22.44, -11.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.82, 25.33, 207.63°)
OKLab	oklab(67.09% -0.073 -0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(67.09% 0.08 203.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.2862, 31.3663, 43.7962)
Luminance	0.3137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A4AC #AC5B53

analogous

#53AC87 #53A4AC #5378AC

triadic

#53A4AC #AC53A4 #A4AC53

tetradic

#53A4AC #8753AC #AC5B53 #78AC53

square

#53A4AC #8753AC #AC5B53 #78AC53

split-complementary

#53A4AC #AC5378 #AC8753

monochromatic

#2B5559 #3F7D83 #53A4AC #7CBAC0 #A6D0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#53A4AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#53A4AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A4AC

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A4AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A4AC	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999EAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B93AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#13AAA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a4ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 164, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.080 203.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbfc4',
    500: '#53a4ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a4ac;
$custom-light: #8bbfc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a4ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.393,
    "s": 34.902,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67088,
    "c": 0.07987,
    "h": 203.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A4AC

secondary

#C19D99

accent

#675DCB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A4AC

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

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