#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
RGBrgb(83, 168, 169)
HSLhsl(181, 34%, 49%)
HSVhsv(181, 51%, 66%)
CMYKcmyk(50.9%, 0.6%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LABlab(63.92, -25.30, -8.41)
CIE-LCHlch(63.92, 26.66, 198.39°)
OKLaboklab(67.95% -0.0789 -0.0232)
OKLCHoklch(67.95% 0.082 196.4)
XYZxyz(24.7284, 32.7066, 42.5383)
Luminance0.3271 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##53A8A91.002.787.547.54
#FFFFFF2.781.0021.0021.00
#0000007.5421.001.001.00
##0000007.5421.001.001.00

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

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#53A8A9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva