#53A8A9#53A8A9

#53A8A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.082 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A8A9
RGB	rgb(83, 168, 169)
HSL	hsl(181, 34%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(181, 51%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 0.6%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.92, -25.30, -8.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.92, 26.66, 198.39°)
OKLab	oklab(67.95% -0.0789 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(67.95% 0.082 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.7284, 32.7066, 42.5383)
Luminance	0.3271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A8A9 #A95453

analogous

#53A97F #53A8A9 #537DA9

triadic

#53A8A9 #A953A8 #A8A953

tetradic

#53A8A9 #7F53A9 #A95453 #7DA953

square

#53A8A9 #7F53A9 #A95453 #7DA953

split-complementary

#53A8A9 #A9537D #A97F53

monochromatic

#2B5657 #3F7F80 #53A8A9 #7BBDBE #A4D2D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#53A8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#53A8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A8A9

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A8A9	1.00	2.78	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA1A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9096AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15ADA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 168, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.082 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc2c2',
    500: '#53a8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a8a9;
$custom-light: #8bc2c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.698,
    "s": 34.127,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67947,
    "c": 0.08224,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A8A9

secondary

#C09998

accent

#5F5ECA

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A8A9

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

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