#53A39B#53A39B

#53A39B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.080 H 186.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A39B
RGB	rgb(83, 163, 155)
HSL	hsl(174, 33%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(174, 49%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 0%, 4.9%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.00, -26.53, -3.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.00, 26.75, 187.33°)
OKLab	oklab(66.26% -0.0792 -0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(66.26% 0.08 186.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.5784, 30.3980, 35.6816)
Luminance	0.3040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A39B #A3535B

analogous

#53A373 #53A39B #5383A3

triadic

#53A39B #9B53A3 #A39B53

tetradic

#53A39B #7353A3 #A3535B #83A353

square

#53A39B #7353A3 #A3535B #83A353

split-complementary

#53A39B #A35383 #A37353

monochromatic

#2A524E #3E7A74 #53A39B #79BBB4 #A1CFCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#53A39B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#53A39B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A39B

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A39B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A39B	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9C9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E929C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29A6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a39b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 163, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.080 186.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89beb8',
    500: '#53a39b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a39b;
$custom-light: #89beb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a39b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174,
    "s": 32.52,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66256,
    "c": 0.07982,
    "h": 186.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A39B

secondary

#BC9599

accent

#5F6AC9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A39B

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

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