#53A186#53A186

#53A186 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.088 H 168.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A186
RGB	rgb(83, 161, 134)
HSL	hsl(159, 32%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(159, 48%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 0%, 16.8%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.82, -30.73, 6.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.82, 31.45, 167.71°)
OKLab	oklab(65.12% -0.0865 0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(65.12% 0.088 168.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.6134, 29.0483, 27.0703)
Luminance	0.2905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A186 #A1536E

analogous

#53A15F #53A186 #5395A1

triadic

#53A186 #8653A1 #A18653

tetradic

#53A186 #5F53A1 #A1536E #95A153

square

#53A186 #5F53A1 #A1536E #95A153

split-complementary

#53A186 #A15395 #A15F53

monochromatic

#295043 #3E7964 #53A186 #78B9A3 #A0CEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#53A186 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#53A186 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #53A186

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A186	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A186	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9885

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918F88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a186;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 161, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.088 168.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bda9',
    500: '#53a186',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a186;
$custom-light: #88bda9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a186",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.231,
    "s": 31.967,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65123,
    "c": 0.0882,
    "h": 168.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A186

secondary

#BB94A2

accent

#6084C8

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C120F

muted

#7D817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A186

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

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