#53B2A2#53B2A2

#53B2A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.093 H 180.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B2A2
RGB	rgb(83, 178, 162)
HSL	hsl(170, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(170, 53%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 0%, 9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.74, -32.03, -0.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.74, 32.03, 180.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.15% -0.0934 -0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(70.15% 0.093 180.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.0064, 36.2860, 39.8088)
Luminance	0.3629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B2A2 #B25363

analogous

#53B272 #53B2A2 #5392B2

triadic

#53B2A2 #A253B2 #B2A253

tetradic

#53B2A2 #7253B2 #B25363 #92B253

square

#53B2A2 #7253B2 #B25363 #92B253

split-complementary

#53B2A2 #B25392 #B27253

monochromatic

#2B6057 #3E8A7D #53B2A2 #7DC5B9 #A8D8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#53B2A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#53B2A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B2A2

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B2A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B2A2	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA9A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9EA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19B5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b2a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 178, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.093 180.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc9bd',
    500: '#53b2a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b2a2;
$custom-light: #8bc9bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b2a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.895,
    "s": 38.153,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70154,
    "c": 0.09342,
    "h": 180.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B2A2

secondary

#C59BA2

accent

#5A6DCE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B2A2

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

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