#53A397#53A397

#53A397 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.081 H 182.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A397
RGB	rgb(83, 163, 151)
HSL	hsl(171, 33%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(171, 49%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 0%, 7.4%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.88, -27.56, -1.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.88, 27.59, 182.76°)
OKLab	oklab(66.13% -0.081 -0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(66.13% 0.081 182.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.2481, 30.2659, 33.9416)
Luminance	0.3027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A397 #A3535F

analogous

#53A36F #53A397 #5387A3

triadic

#53A397 #9753A3 #A39753

tetradic

#53A397 #6F53A3 #A3535F #87A353

square

#53A397 #6F53A3 #A3535F #87A353

split-complementary

#53A397 #A35387 #A36F53

monochromatic

#2A524C #3E7A71 #53A397 #79BBB1 #A1CFC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#53A397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#53A397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A397

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A397	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)

#9D9B97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9198

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2CA69F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 163, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.081 182.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89beb5',
    500: '#53a397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a397;
$custom-light: #89beb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171,
    "s": 32.52,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66127,
    "c": 0.08114,
    "h": 182.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A397

secondary

#BC959B

accent

#5F6FC9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A397

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

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