#53A9AF#53A9AF

#53A9AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.083 H 201.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A9AF
RGB	rgb(83, 169, 175)
HSL	hsl(184, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(184, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 3.4%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.41, -24.15, -11.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.41, 26.55, 204.56°)
OKLab	oklab(68.4% -0.0775 -0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(68.4% 0.083 201.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.4900, 33.3077, 45.6349)
Luminance	0.3331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A9AF #AF5953

analogous

#53AF87 #53A9AF #537BAF

triadic

#53A9AF #AF53A9 #A9AF53

tetradic

#53A9AF #8753AF #AF5953 #7BAF53

square

#53A9AF #8753AF #AF5953 #7BAF53

split-complementary

#53A9AF #AF537B #AF8753

monochromatic

#2B595D #3E8286 #53A9AF #7DBEC2 #A7D3D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#53A9AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#53A9AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A9AF

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A9AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A9AF	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA3B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F97AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#05AEAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a9af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 169, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.083 201.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc3c6',
    500: '#53a9af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a9af;
$custom-light: #8bc3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a9af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.913,
    "s": 36.508,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68401,
    "c": 0.08324,
    "h": 201.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A9AF

secondary

#C39D9A

accent

#635BCD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A9AF

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

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