#53A599#53A599

#53A599 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.083 H 183.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A599
RGB	rgb(83, 165, 153)
HSL	hsl(171, 33%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(171, 50%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 0%, 7.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.55, -28.03, -1.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.55, 28.07, 183.02°)
OKLab	oklab(66.68% -0.0825 -0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(66.68% 0.083 183.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.7698, 31.0472, 34.9236)
Luminance	0.3105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A599 #A5535F

analogous

#53A570 #53A599 #5388A5

triadic

#53A599 #9953A5 #A59953

tetradic

#53A599 #7053A5 #A5535F #88A553

square

#53A599 #7053A5 #A5535F #88A553

split-complementary

#53A599 #A55388 #A57053

monochromatic

#2A544D #3F7C73 #53A599 #79BCB2 #A2D0CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#53A599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#53A599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A599

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A599	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9D99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91939A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2AA8A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 165, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.083 183.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac0b7',
    500: '#53a599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a599;
$custom-light: #8ac0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.22,
    "s": 33.065,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66682,
    "c": 0.08261,
    "h": 183.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A599

secondary

#BE969C

accent

#5F6EC9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A599

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

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