#53AF9E#53AF9E

#53AF9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.092 H 179.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#53AF9E
RGBrgb(83, 175, 158)
HSLhsl(169, 37%, 51%)
HSVhsv(169, 53%, 69%)
CMYKcmyk(52.6%, 0%, 9.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LABlab(65.72, -31.61, 0.37)
CIE-LCHlch(65.72, 31.61, 179.32°)
OKLaboklab(69.3% -0.0918 0.0005)
OKLCHoklch(69.3% 0.092 179.7)
XYZxyz(25.0661, 34.9653, 37.7692)
Luminance0.3497 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#53AF9E #AF5364
analogous
#53AF70 #53AF9E #5392AF
triadic
#53AF9E #9E53AF #AF9E53
tetradic
#53AF9E #7053AF #AF5364 #92AF53
square
#53AF9E #7053AF #AF5364 #92AF53
split-complementary
#53AF9E #AF5392 #AF7053
monochromatic
#2B5D53 #3E8679 #53AF9E #7DC2B6 #A7D6CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63
#53AF9E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99
#53AF9E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AF9E
7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##53AF9E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##53AF9E1.002.637.997.99
#FFFFFF2.631.0021.0021.00
#0000007.9921.001.001.00
##0000007.9921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A9A69D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9A9B9F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#20B2AA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #53af9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 175, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.092 179.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc7ba',
    500: '#53af9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #53af9e;
$custom-light: #8bc7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#53af9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.913,
    "s": 36.508,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69296,
    "c": 0.09181,
    "h": 179.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#53AF9E
secondary
#C39AA2
accent
#5B70CD
background
#F8FCFB
surface
#F0F8F6
border
#CBD1D0
text
#0C1311
muted
#7D8280

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#53AF9E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva