#53AFA4#53AFA4

#53AFA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.089 H 185.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AFA4
RGB	rgb(83, 175, 164)
HSL	hsl(173, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(173, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 0%, 6.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.89, -30.08, -2.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.89, 30.20, 185.16°)
OKLab	oklab(69.48% -0.0891 -0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(69.48% 0.089 185)
XYZ	xyz(25.5952, 35.1769, 40.5558)
Luminance	0.3518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AFA4 #AF535E

analogous

#53AF76 #53AFA4 #538CAF

triadic

#53AFA4 #A453AF #AFA453

tetradic

#53AFA4 #7653AF #AF535E #8CAF53

square

#53AFA4 #7653AF #AF535E #8CAF53

split-complementary

#53AFA4 #AF538C #AF7653

monochromatic

#2B5D57 #3E867E #53AFA4 #7DC2BA #A7D6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#53AFA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#53AFA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AFA4

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AFA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AFA4	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A6A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989CA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18B2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53afa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 175, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.089 185.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc7be',
    500: '#53afa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53afa4;
$custom-light: #8bc7be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53afa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.826,
    "s": 36.508,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69483,
    "c": 0.08944,
    "h": 185
  },
  "luminance": 0.35179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AFA4

secondary

#C39A9F

accent

#5B69CD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AFA4

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

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