#53A596#53A596

#53A596 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.084 H 180.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A596
RGB	rgb(83, 165, 150)
HSL	hsl(169, 33%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(169, 50%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 0%, 9.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.46, -28.79, 0.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.46, 28.79, 179.83°)
OKLab	oklab(66.59% -0.0839 -0.0002)
OKLCH	oklch(66.59% 0.084 180.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.5251, 30.9493, 33.6351)
Luminance	0.3095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A596 #A55362

analogous

#53A56D #53A596 #538BA5

triadic

#53A596 #9653A5 #A59653

tetradic

#53A596 #6D53A5 #A55362 #8BA553

square

#53A596 #6D53A5 #A55362 #8BA553

split-complementary

#53A596 #A5538B #A56D53

monochromatic

#2A544C #3F7C71 #53A596 #79BCB0 #A2D0C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#53A596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#53A596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A596

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A596	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9D95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929397

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2CA7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 165, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.084 180.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c0b4',
    500: '#53a596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a596;
$custom-light: #89c0b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.024,
    "s": 33.065,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66588,
    "c": 0.08386,
    "h": 180.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A596

secondary

#BE969D

accent

#5F72C9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A596

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

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