#53A4AF#53A4AF

#53A4AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.081 H 207.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A4AF
RGB	rgb(83, 164, 175)
HSL	hsl(187, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(187, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 6.3%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.91, -21.60, -13.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.91, 25.36, 211.59°)
OKLab	oklab(67.2% -0.0717 -0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(67.2% 0.081 207.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.5775, 31.4828, 45.3307)
Luminance	0.3149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A4AF #AF5E53

analogous

#53AF8C #53A4AF #5376AF

triadic

#53A4AF #AF53A4 #A4AF53

tetradic

#53A4AF #8C53AF #AF5E53 #76AF53

square

#53A4AF #8C53AF #AF5E53 #76AF53

split-complementary

#53A4AF #AF5376 #AF8C53

monochromatic

#2B575D #3E7E86 #53A4AF #7DBAC2 #A7D0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#53A4AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#53A4AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A4AF

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A4AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A4AF	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989FB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A94AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0BAAA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a4af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 164, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.081 207.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbfc6',
    500: '#53a4af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a4af;
$custom-light: #8bbfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a4af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.174,
    "s": 36.508,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67198,
    "c": 0.08057,
    "h": 207.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A4AF

secondary

#C39F9A

accent

#695BCD

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A4AF

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

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