#53A488#53A488

#53A488 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.091 H 168.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A488
RGB	rgb(83, 164, 136)
HSL	hsl(159, 33%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(159, 49%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 0%, 17.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.80, -31.70, 6.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.80, 32.46, 167.61°)
OKLab	oklab(65.93% -0.0892 0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(65.93% 0.091 168.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.2847, 30.1657, 27.9887)
Luminance	0.3017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A488 #A4536F

analogous

#53A45F #53A488 #5397A4

triadic

#53A488 #8853A4 #A48853

tetradic

#53A488 #5F53A4 #A4536F #97A453

square

#53A488 #5F53A4 #A4536F #97A453

split-complementary

#53A488 #A45397 #A45F53

monochromatic

#2A5345 #3E7B66 #53A488 #79BBA4 #A2D0C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#53A488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#53A488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A488

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A488	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09B87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94928A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35A59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 164, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.091 168.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bfaa',
    500: '#53a488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a488;
$custom-light: #89bfaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.259,
    "s": 32.794,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65928,
    "c": 0.09093,
    "h": 168.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A488

secondary

#BD96A3

accent

#5F84C9

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F7F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1210

muted

#7D817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A488

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

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