#53A182#53A182

#53A182 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.091 H 165.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A182
RGB	rgb(83, 161, 130)
HSL	hsl(156, 32%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(156, 48%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 0%, 19.3%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.73, -31.65, 8.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.73, 32.85, 164.46°)
OKLab	oklab(65.01% -0.0884 0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(65.01% 0.091 165.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.3397, 28.9388, 25.6287)
Luminance	0.2894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A182 #A15372

analogous

#53A15B #53A182 #5399A1

triadic

#53A182 #8253A1 #A18253

tetradic

#53A182 #5B53A1 #A15372 #99A153

square

#53A182 #5B53A1 #A15372 #99A153

split-complementary

#53A182 #A15399 #A15B53

monochromatic

#295041 #3E7961 #53A182 #78B99F #A0CEBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#53A182 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#53A182 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #53A182

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A182	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A182	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)

#9E9880

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928F84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a182;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 161, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.091 165.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bda6',
    500: '#53a182',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a182;
$custom-light: #88bda6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a182",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.154,
    "s": 31.967,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65012,
    "c": 0.09123,
    "h": 165.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A182

secondary

#BB94A4

accent

#6089C8

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C120F

muted

#7D817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A182

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

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