#53A396#53A396

#53A396 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.082 H 181.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A396
RGB	rgb(83, 163, 150)
HSL	hsl(170, 33%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(170, 49%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 0%, 8%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.86, -27.81, -0.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.86, 27.82, 181.66°)
OKLab	oklab(66.1% -0.0815 -0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(66.1% 0.082 181.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.1672, 30.2335, 33.5157)
Luminance	0.3024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A396 #A35360

analogous

#53A36E #53A396 #5388A3

triadic

#53A396 #9653A3 #A39653

tetradic

#53A396 #6E53A3 #A35360 #88A353

square

#53A396 #6E53A3 #A35360 #88A353

split-complementary

#53A396 #A35388 #A36E53

monochromatic

#2A524B #3E7A71 #53A396 #79BBB0 #A1CFC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#53A396 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#53A396 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A396

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A396	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A396	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9B96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909197

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2DA69F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a396;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 163, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.082 181.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89beb4',
    500: '#53a396',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a396;
$custom-light: #89beb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a396",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.25,
    "s": 32.52,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66096,
    "c": 0.08154,
    "h": 181.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A396

secondary

#BC959C

accent

#5F70C9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A396

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

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