#53A4B0#53A4B0

#53A4B0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.081 H 208.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A4B0
RGB	rgb(83, 164, 176)
HSL	hsl(188, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 6.8%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.95, -21.32, -13.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.95, 25.39, 212.91°)
OKLab	oklab(67.24% -0.0713 -0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(67.24% 0.081 208.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.6761, 31.5223, 45.8499)
Luminance	0.3152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A4B0 #B05F53

analogous

#53B08D #53A4B0 #5375B0

triadic

#53A4B0 #B053A4 #A4B053

tetradic

#53A4B0 #8D53B0 #B05F53 #75B053

square

#53A4B0 #8D53B0 #B05F53 #75B053

split-complementary

#53A4B0 #B05375 #B08D53

monochromatic

#2B575E #3E7E88 #53A4B0 #7DBAC3 #A7D0D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#53A4B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#53A4B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A4B0

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A4B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A4B0	1.00	2.87	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.87	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)

#989FB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A94B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#08AAA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a4b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 164, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.081 208.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbfc7',
    500: '#53a4b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a4b0;
$custom-light: #8bbfc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a4b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.742,
    "s": 37.052,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67236,
    "c": 0.08086,
    "h": 208.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A4B0

secondary

#C4A09B

accent

#6A5BCD

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A4B0

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

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