#53AFA9#53AFA9

#53AFA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.088 H 189.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AFA9
RGB	rgb(83, 175, 169)
HSL	hsl(176, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(176, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 0%, 3.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.03, -28.77, -5.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.03, 29.25, 190.41°)
OKLab	oklab(69.65% -0.0869 -0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(69.65% 0.088 189.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.0557, 35.3611, 42.9807)
Luminance	0.3536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AFA9 #AF5359

analogous

#53AF7B #53AFA9 #5387AF

triadic

#53AFA9 #A953AF #AFA953

tetradic

#53AFA9 #7B53AF #AF5359 #87AF53

square

#53AFA9 #7B53AF #AF5359 #87AF53

split-complementary

#53AFA9 #AF5387 #AF7B53

monochromatic

#2B5D59 #3E8682 #53AFA9 #7DC2BE #A7D6D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#53AFA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#53AFA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AFA9

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AFA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AFA9	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)

#A6A7A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979CAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0FB3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53afa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 175, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.088 189.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc7c2',
    500: '#53afa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53afa9;
$custom-light: #8bc7c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53afa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.087,
    "s": 36.508,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69646,
    "c": 0.08812,
    "h": 189.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AFA9

secondary

#C39A9D

accent

#5B63CD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AFA9

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

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