#53AFA8#53AFA8

#53AFA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.088 H 188.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AFA8
RGB	rgb(83, 175, 168)
HSL	hsl(175, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(175, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 0%, 4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.00, -29.03, -4.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.00, 29.42, 189.33°)
OKLab	oklab(69.61% -0.0873 -0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(69.61% 0.088 188.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.9622, 35.3237, 42.4882)
Luminance	0.3533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AFA8 #AF535A

analogous

#53AF7A #53AFA8 #5388AF

triadic

#53AFA8 #A853AF #AFA853

tetradic

#53AFA8 #7A53AF #AF535A #88AF53

square

#53AFA8 #7A53AF #AF535A #88AF53

split-complementary

#53AFA8 #AF5388 #AF7A53

monochromatic

#2B5D59 #3E8681 #53AFA8 #7DC2BD #A7D6D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#53AFA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#53AFA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AFA8

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AFA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AFA8	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A7A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979CA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11B3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53afa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 175, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.088 188.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc7c1',
    500: '#53afa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53afa8;
$custom-light: #8bc7c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53afa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.435,
    "s": 36.508,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69613,
    "c": 0.08833,
    "h": 188.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AFA8

secondary

#C39A9E

accent

#5B64CD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AFA8

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

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