#53AFA2#53AFA2

#53AFA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.090 H 183.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AFA2
RGB	rgb(83, 175, 162)
HSL	hsl(172, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(172, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 0%, 7.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.83, -30.59, -1.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.83, 30.64, 183.16°)
OKLab	oklab(69.42% -0.09 -0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(69.42% 0.09 183.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.4160, 35.1053, 39.6120)
Luminance	0.3511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AFA2 #AF5360

analogous

#53AF74 #53AFA2 #538EAF

triadic

#53AFA2 #A253AF #AFA253

tetradic

#53AFA2 #7453AF #AF5360 #8EAF53

square

#53AFA2 #7453AF #AF5360 #8EAF53

split-complementary

#53AFA2 #AF538E #AF7453

monochromatic

#2B5D56 #3E867C #53AFA2 #7DC2B9 #A7D6CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#53AFA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#53AFA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AFA2

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AFA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AFA2	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A6A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999BA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BB2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53afa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 175, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.090 183.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc7bd',
    500: '#53afa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53afa2;
$custom-light: #8bc7bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53afa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.522,
    "s": 36.508,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6942,
    "c": 0.09014,
    "h": 183.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AFA2

secondary

#C39AA0

accent

#5B6BCD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AFA2

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

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