#53A090#53A090

#53A090 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.081 H 178.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A090
RGB	rgb(83, 160, 144)
HSL	hsl(168, 32%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(168, 48%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 0%, 10%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.77, -27.84, 1.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.77, 27.86, 177.95°)
OKLab	oklab(65.17% -0.0807 0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(65.17% 0.081 178.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.1700, 28.9925, 30.8607)
Luminance	0.2899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A090 #A05363

analogous

#53A069 #53A090 #538AA0

triadic

#53A090 #9053A0 #A09053

tetradic

#53A090 #6953A0 #A05363 #8AA053

square

#53A090 #6953A0 #A05363 #8AA053

split-complementary

#53A090 #A0538A #A06953

monochromatic

#294F47 #3E786C #53A090 #77B9AB #A0CEC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#53A090 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#53A090 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #53A090

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A090	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A090	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B988F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8F91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32A29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a090;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 160, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.081 178.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bcb0',
    500: '#53a090',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a090;
$custom-light: #89bcb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a090",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.532,
    "s": 31.687,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65168,
    "c": 0.0807,
    "h": 178.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A090

secondary

#BB949C

accent

#6076C8

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1210

muted

#7D817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A090

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

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