#53B4A5#53B4A5

#53B4A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.094 H 182.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B4A5
RGB	rgb(83, 180, 165)
HSL	hsl(171, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(171, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.9%, 0%, 8.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.42, -32.22, -1.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.42, 32.23, 181.81°)
OKLab	oklab(70.74% -0.0943 -0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(70.74% 0.094 182)
XYZ	xyz(26.6771, 37.1956, 41.3636)
Luminance	0.3720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B4A5 #B45362

analogous

#53B475 #53B4A5 #5393B4

triadic

#53B4A5 #A553B4 #B4A553

tetradic

#53B4A5 #7553B4 #B45362 #93B453

square

#53B4A5 #7553B4 #B45362 #93B453

split-complementary

#53B4A5 #B45393 #B47553

monochromatic

#2B6259 #3D8D80 #53B4A5 #7EC7BB #A8D9D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#53B4A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#53B4A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B4A5

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B4A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B4A5	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADABA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9FA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#13B7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b4a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 180, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.094 182.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccbbf',
    500: '#53b4a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b4a5;
$custom-light: #8ccbbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b4a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.722,
    "s": 39.271,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70737,
    "c": 0.09437,
    "h": 182
  },
  "luminance": 0.37198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B4A5

secondary

#C79CA3

accent

#596BCF

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B4A5

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

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