#53A4B1#53A4B1

#53A4B1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.081 H 209.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A4B1
RGB	rgb(83, 164, 177)
HSL	hsl(188, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.1%, 7.3%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.98, -21.03, -14.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.98, 25.43, 214.22°)
OKLab	oklab(67.27% -0.0709 -0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(67.27% 0.081 209.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.7754, 31.5620, 46.3729)
Luminance	0.3156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A4B1 #B16053

analogous

#53B18F #53A4B1 #5375B1

triadic

#53A4B1 #B153A4 #A4B153

tetradic

#53A4B1 #8F53B1 #B16053 #75B153

square

#53A4B1 #8F53B1 #B16053 #75B153

split-complementary

#53A4B1 #B15375 #B18F53

monochromatic

#2B585F #3E7E89 #53A4B1 #7DBAC4 #A7D1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#53A4B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#53A4B1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A4B1

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A4B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A4B1	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989FB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8994B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#05AAA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a4b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 164, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.081 209.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbfc8',
    500: '#53a4b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a4b1;
$custom-light: #8bbfc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a4b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.298,
    "s": 37.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67273,
    "c": 0.08118,
    "h": 209.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A4B1

secondary

#C5A19B

accent

#6A5ACE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A4B1

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

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