#53A5B1#53A5B1

#53A5B1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.082 H 208.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A5B1
RGB	rgb(83, 165, 177)
HSL	hsl(188, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.1%, 6.8%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.28, -21.55, -13.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.28, 25.62, 212.74°)
OKLab	oklab(67.51% -0.072 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(67.51% 0.082 208)
XYZ	xyz(24.9551, 31.9213, 46.4328)
Luminance	0.3192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A5B1 #B15F53

analogous

#53B18E #53A5B1 #5376B1

triadic

#53A5B1 #B153A5 #A5B153

tetradic

#53A5B1 #8E53B1 #B15F53 #76B153

square

#53A5B1 #8E53B1 #B15F53 #76B153

split-complementary

#53A5B1 #B15376 #B18E53

monochromatic

#2B585F #3E7F89 #53A5B1 #7DBBC4 #A7D1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#53A5B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#53A5B1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A5B1

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A5B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A5B1	1.00	2.84	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A0B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A94B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#04ABA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a5b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 165, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.082 208.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc0c8',
    500: '#53a5b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a5b1;
$custom-light: #8bc0c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a5b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.66,
    "s": 37.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67513,
    "c": 0.08158,
    "h": 208
  },
  "luminance": 0.31924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A5B1

secondary

#C5A09B

accent

#695ACE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A5B1

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

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