#53A588#53A588

#53A588 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.092 H 168.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A588
RGB	rgb(83, 165, 136)
HSL	hsl(159, 33%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(159, 50%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 0%, 17.6%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.10, -32.17, 7.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.10, 33.02, 167.04°)
OKLab	oklab(66.18% -0.0903 0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(66.18% 0.092 168.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.4644, 30.5251, 28.0486)
Luminance	0.3053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A588 #A55370

analogous

#53A55F #53A588 #5399A5

triadic

#53A588 #8853A5 #A58853

tetradic

#53A588 #5F53A5 #A55370 #99A553

square

#53A588 #5F53A5 #A55370 #99A553

split-complementary

#53A588 #A55399 #A55F53

monochromatic

#2A5445 #3F7C66 #53A588 #79BCA4 #A2D0C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#53A588 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#53A588 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A588

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A588	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A588	1.00	2.96	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19C87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95928A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35A69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a588;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 165, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.092 168.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c0aa',
    500: '#53a588',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a588;
$custom-light: #89c0aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a588",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.78,
    "s": 33.065,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66177,
    "c": 0.09232,
    "h": 168.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A588

secondary

#BE96A4

accent

#5F84C9

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F7F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1210

muted

#7D817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A588

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

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