#53A486#53A486

#53A486 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.092 H 167.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A486
RGB	rgb(83, 164, 134)
HSL	hsl(158, 33%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(158, 49%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 0%, 18.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.75, -32.16, 8.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.75, 33.15, 166.00°)
OKLab	oklab(65.87% -0.0901 0.0206)
OKLCH	oklch(65.87% 0.092 167.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.1439, 30.1094, 27.2471)
Luminance	0.3011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A486 #A45371

analogous

#53A45D #53A486 #5399A4

triadic

#53A486 #8653A4 #A48653

tetradic

#53A486 #5D53A4 #A45371 #99A453

square

#53A486 #5D53A4 #A45371 #99A453

split-complementary

#53A486 #A45399 #A45D53

monochromatic

#2A5344 #3E7B65 #53A486 #79BBA3 #A2D0BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#53A486 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#53A486 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A486

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A486	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A486	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19A84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949188

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a486;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 164, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.092 167.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bfa9',
    500: '#53a486',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a486;
$custom-light: #89bfa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a486",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.778,
    "s": 32.794,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65872,
    "c": 0.09242,
    "h": 167.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A486

secondary

#BD96A4

accent

#5F86C9

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F7F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C120F

muted

#7D817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A486

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

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