#53A5AC#53A5AC

#53A5AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.080 H 202.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A5AC
RGB	rgb(83, 165, 172)
HSL	hsl(185, 35%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(185, 52%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 4.1%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.12, -22.95, -11.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.12, 25.58, 206.20°)
OKLab	oklab(67.33% -0.0741 -0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(67.33% 0.08 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.4658, 31.7256, 43.8561)
Luminance	0.3173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A5AC #AC5A53

analogous

#53AC86 #53A5AC #5379AC

triadic

#53A5AC #AC53A5 #A5AC53

tetradic

#53A5AC #8653AC #AC5A53 #79AC53

square

#53A5AC #8653AC #AC5A53 #79AC53

split-complementary

#53A5AC #AC5379 #AC8653

monochromatic

#2B5659 #3F7D83 #53A5AC #7CBBC0 #A6D0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#53A5AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#53A5AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A5AC

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A5AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A5AC	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9FAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C94AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12AAA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a5ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 165, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.080 202.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc0c4',
    500: '#53a5ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a5ac;
$custom-light: #8bc0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a5ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.719,
    "s": 34.902,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67329,
    "c": 0.08044,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A5AC

secondary

#C19D99

accent

#655DCB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A5AC

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

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