#53A47D#53A47D

#53A47D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.100 H 160.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A47D
RGB	rgb(83, 164, 125)
HSL	hsl(151, 33%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(151, 49%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 0%, 23.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.54, -34.17, 12.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.54, 36.47, 159.55°)
OKLab	oklab(65.64% -0.0943 0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(65.64% 0.1 160.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.5427, 29.8689, 24.0808)
Luminance	0.2987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A47D #A4537A

analogous

#53A454 #53A47D #53A2A4

triadic

#53A47D #7D53A4 #A47D53

tetradic

#53A47D #5453A4 #A4537A #A2A453

square

#53A47D #5453A4 #A4537A #A2A453

split-complementary

#53A47D #A453A2 #A45453

monochromatic

#2A533F #3E7B5E #53A47D #79BB9B #A2D0BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#53A47D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#53A47D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #53A47D

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A47D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A47D	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29A7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96917F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BA499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a47d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 164, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.100 160.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bfa2',
    500: '#53a47d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a47d;
$custom-light: #89bfa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a47d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.111,
    "s": 32.794,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65635,
    "c": 0.09982,
    "h": 160.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A47D

secondary

#BD96A9

accent

#5F92C9

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F7F3

border

#CBD0CD

text

#0C120F

muted

#7D817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A47D

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

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