#53A5AF#53A5AF

#53A5AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.081 H 205.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A5AF
RGB	rgb(83, 165, 175)
HSL	hsl(187, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(187, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 5.7%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.21, -22.11, -12.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.21, 25.57, 210.13°)
OKLab	oklab(67.44% -0.0729 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(67.44% 0.081 205.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.7572, 31.8422, 45.3906)
Luminance	0.3184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A5AF #AF5D53

analogous

#53AF8B #53A5AF #5377AF

triadic

#53A5AF #AF53A5 #A5AF53

tetradic

#53A5AF #8B53AF #AF5D53 #77AF53

square

#53A5AF #8B53AF #AF5D53 #77AF53

split-complementary

#53A5AF #AF5377 #AF8B53

monochromatic

#2B575D #3E7F86 #53A5AF #7DBBC2 #A7D1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#53A5AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#53A5AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A5AF

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A5AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A5AF	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9FB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B94AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0AABA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a5af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 165, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.081 205.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc0c6',
    500: '#53a5af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a5af;
$custom-light: #8bc0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a5af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.522,
    "s": 36.508,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67438,
    "c": 0.08104,
    "h": 205.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A5AF

secondary

#C39F9A

accent

#685BCD

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A5AF

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

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