#53A4AD#53A4AD

#53A4AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.080 H 205.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A4AD
RGB	rgb(83, 164, 173)
HSL	hsl(186, 35%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(186, 52%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 5.2%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.85, -22.16, -12.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.85, 25.33, 208.95°)
OKLab	oklab(67.12% -0.0726 -0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(67.12% 0.08 205)
XYZ	xyz(24.3826, 31.4049, 44.3039)
Luminance	0.3141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A4AD #AD5C53

analogous

#53AD89 #53A4AD #5377AD

triadic

#53A4AD #AD53A4 #A4AD53

tetradic

#53A4AD #8953AD #AD5C53 #77AD53

square

#53A4AD #8953AD #AD5C53 #77AD53

split-complementary

#53A4AD #AD5377 #AD8953

monochromatic

#2B565A #3F7D84 #53A4AD #7CBAC1 #A6D0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#53A4AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#53A4AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A4AD

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A4AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A4AD	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999EAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A93AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11AAA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a4ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 164, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.080 205.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbfc5',
    500: '#53a4ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a4ad;
$custom-light: #8bbfc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a4ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 35.433,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67124,
    "c": 0.08007,
    "h": 205
  },
  "luminance": 0.31407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A4AD

secondary

#C29E9A

accent

#675CCB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A4AD

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

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