#53A685#53A685

#53A685 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.096 H 165.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A685
RGB	rgb(83, 166, 133)
HSL	hsl(156, 33%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(156, 50%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 0%, 19.9%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.34, -33.33, 9.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.34, 34.64, 164.22°)
OKLab	oklab(66.35% -0.0929 0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(66.35% 0.096 165.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.4352, 30.8031, 27.0018)
Luminance	0.3080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A685 #A65374

analogous

#53A65C #53A685 #539EA6

triadic

#53A685 #8553A6 #A68553

tetradic

#53A685 #5C53A6 #A65374 #9EA653

square

#53A685 #5C53A6 #A65374 #9EA653

split-complementary

#53A685 #A6539E #A65C53

monochromatic

#2A5444 #3F7D64 #53A685 #7ABCA2 #A3D1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#53A685 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#53A685 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A685

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A685	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A685	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39C83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969387

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36A69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a685;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 166, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.096 165.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c1a8',
    500: '#53a685',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a685;
$custom-light: #89c1a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a685",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.145,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66346,
    "c": 0.09602,
    "h": 165.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A685

secondary

#BE97A6

accent

#5E89C9

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F7F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C120F

muted

#7D817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A685

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

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