#53A08F#53A08F

#53A08F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.081 H 177.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A08F
RGB	rgb(83, 160, 143)
HSL	hsl(167, 32%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(167, 48%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 0%, 10.6%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.75, -28.09, 1.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.75, 28.13, 176.90°)
OKLab	oklab(65.14% -0.0811 0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(65.14% 0.081 177.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.0939, 28.9620, 30.4599)
Luminance	0.2896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A08F #A05364

analogous

#53A068 #53A08F #538BA0

triadic

#53A08F #8F53A0 #A08F53

tetradic

#53A08F #6853A0 #A05364 #8BA053

square

#53A08F #6853A0 #A05364 #8BA053

split-complementary

#53A08F #A0538B #A06853

monochromatic

#294F47 #3E786B #53A08F #77B9AA #A0CEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#53A08F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#53A08F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #53A08F

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A08F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A08F	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B988E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8F90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33A29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a08f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 160, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.081 177.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bcaf',
    500: '#53a08f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a08f;
$custom-light: #89bcaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a08f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.753,
    "s": 31.687,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65138,
    "c": 0.08121,
    "h": 177.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A08F

secondary

#BB949D

accent

#6077C8

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1210

muted

#7D817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A08F

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

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