#53A4B2#53A4B2

#53A4B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.082 H 210.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A4B2
RGB	rgb(83, 164, 178)
HSL	hsl(189, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(189, 53%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 7.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.01, -20.75, -14.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.01, 25.49, 215.53°)
OKLab	oklab(67.31% -0.0705 -0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(67.31% 0.082 210.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.8754, 31.6020, 46.8997)
Luminance	0.3160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A4B2 #B26153

analogous

#53B290 #53A4B2 #5374B2

triadic

#53A4B2 #B253A4 #A4B253

tetradic

#53A4B2 #9053B2 #B26153 #74B253

square

#53A4B2 #9053B2 #B26153 #74B253

split-complementary

#53A4B2 #B25374 #B29053

monochromatic

#2B5860 #3E7F8A #53A4B2 #7DBAC5 #A8D1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#53A4B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#53A4B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A4B2

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A4B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A4B2	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989FB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8994B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#02AAA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a4b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 164, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.082 210.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbfc9',
    500: '#53a4b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a4b2;
$custom-light: #8bbfc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a4b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.842,
    "s": 38.153,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67311,
    "c": 0.08152,
    "h": 210.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A4B2

secondary

#C5A29B

accent

#6B5ACE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A4B2

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

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