#53AFA3#53AFA3

#53AFA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.090 H 184.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AFA3
RGB	rgb(83, 175, 163)
HSL	hsl(172, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(172, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 0%, 6.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.86, -30.33, -2.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.86, 30.41, 184.15°)
OKLab	oklab(69.45% -0.0895 -0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(69.45% 0.09 184.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.5053, 35.1410, 40.0820)
Luminance	0.3514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AFA3 #AF535F

analogous

#53AF75 #53AFA3 #538DAF

triadic

#53AFA3 #A353AF #AFA353

tetradic

#53AFA3 #7553AF #AF535F #8DAF53

square

#53AFA3 #7553AF #AF535F #8DAF53

split-complementary

#53AFA3 #AF538D #AF7553

monochromatic

#2B5D56 #3E867D #53AFA3 #7DC2B9 #A7D6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#53AFA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#53AFA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AFA3

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AFA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AFA3	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A6A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999BA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1AB2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53afa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 175, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.090 184.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc7be',
    500: '#53afa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53afa3;
$custom-light: #8bc7be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53afa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.174,
    "s": 36.508,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69451,
    "c": 0.08978,
    "h": 184.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AFA3

secondary

#C39AA0

accent

#5B6ACD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AFA3

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

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