#53A8A2#53A8A2

#53A8A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.083 H 189.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A8A2
RGB	rgb(83, 168, 162)
HSL	hsl(176, 34%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(176, 51%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 0%, 3.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.71, -27.17, -4.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.71, 27.60, 190.03°)
OKLab	oklab(67.71% -0.082 -0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(67.71% 0.083 189.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.0888, 32.4508, 39.1696)
Luminance	0.3245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A8A2 #A85359

analogous

#53A878 #53A8A2 #5384A8

triadic

#53A8A2 #A253A8 #A8A253

tetradic

#53A8A2 #7853A8 #A85359 #84A853

square

#53A8A2 #7853A8 #A85359 #84A853

split-complementary

#53A8A2 #A85384 #A87853

monochromatic

#2B5653 #3F7F7B #53A8A2 #7BBEB9 #A4D2CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#53A8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#53A8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A8A2

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A8A2	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A0A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9296A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FACA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 168, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.083 189.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac2bd',
    500: '#53a8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a8a2;
$custom-light: #8ac2bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.765,
    "s": 33.865,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67709,
    "c": 0.08305,
    "h": 189.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A8A2

secondary

#BF989A

accent

#5E65CA

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A8A2

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

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