#53A598#53A598

#53A598 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.083 H 182.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A598
RGB	rgb(83, 165, 152)
HSL	hsl(170, 33%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(170, 50%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 0%, 7.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.52, -28.29, -0.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.52, 28.30, 181.94°)
OKLab	oklab(66.65% -0.0829 -0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(66.65% 0.083 182.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.6875, 31.0143, 34.4905)
Luminance	0.3102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A598 #A55360

analogous

#53A56F #53A598 #5389A5

triadic

#53A598 #9853A5 #A59853

tetradic

#53A598 #6F53A5 #A55360 #89A553

square

#53A598 #6F53A5 #A55360 #89A553

split-complementary

#53A598 #A55389 #A56F53

monochromatic

#2A544D #3F7C72 #53A598 #79BCB1 #A2D0C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#53A598 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#53A598 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A598

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A598	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A598	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9D98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2AA8A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a598;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 165, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.083 182.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c0b6',
    500: '#53a598',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a598;
$custom-light: #89c0b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a598",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.488,
    "s": 33.065,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66651,
    "c": 0.08301,
    "h": 182.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A598

secondary

#BE969C

accent

#5F70C9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A598

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

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