#53AFA5#53AFA5

#53AFA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.089 H 185.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AFA5
RGB	rgb(83, 175, 165)
HSL	hsl(173, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(173, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 0%, 5.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.91, -29.82, -3.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.91, 29.99, 186.18°)
OKLab	oklab(69.52% -0.0887 -0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(69.52% 0.089 185.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.6859, 35.2132, 41.0332)
Luminance	0.3522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AFA5 #AF535D

analogous

#53AF77 #53AFA5 #538BAF

triadic

#53AFA5 #A553AF #AFA553

tetradic

#53AFA5 #7753AF #AF535D #8BAF53

square

#53AFA5 #7753AF #AF535D #8BAF53

split-complementary

#53AFA5 #AF538B #AF7753

monochromatic

#2B5D57 #3E867F #53AFA5 #7DC2BB #A7D6D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#53AFA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#53AFA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AFA5

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AFA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AFA5	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)

#A7A7A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989CA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#17B2AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53afa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 175, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.089 185.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc7bf',
    500: '#53afa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53afa5;
$custom-light: #8bc7bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53afa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.478,
    "s": 36.508,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69515,
    "c": 0.08912,
    "h": 185.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AFA5

secondary

#C39A9F

accent

#5B68CD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AFA5

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

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