#53A48E#53A48E

#53A48E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.087 H 173.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A48E
RGB	rgb(83, 164, 142)
HSL	hsl(164, 33%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(164, 49%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 0%, 13.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.95, -30.28, 3.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.95, 30.52, 172.81°)
OKLab	oklab(66.1% -0.0864 0.0097)
OKLCH	oklch(66.1% 0.087 173.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.7231, 30.3411, 30.2976)
Luminance	0.3034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A48E #A45369

analogous

#53A465 #53A48E #5391A4

triadic

#53A48E #8E53A4 #A48E53

tetradic

#53A48E #6553A4 #A45369 #91A453

square

#53A48E #6553A4 #A45369 #91A453

split-complementary

#53A48E #A45391 #A46553

monochromatic

#2A5348 #3E7B6B #53A48E #79BBA9 #A2D0C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#53A48E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#53A48E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A48E

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A48E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A48E	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9B8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939290

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32A59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a48e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 164, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.087 173.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bfaf',
    500: '#53a48e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a48e;
$custom-light: #89bfaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a48e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.704,
    "s": 32.794,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66099,
    "c": 0.0869,
    "h": 173.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A48E

secondary

#BD96A0

accent

#5F7CC9

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F7F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1210

muted

#7D817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A48E

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

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