#53A688#53A688

#53A688 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.094 H 167.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A688
RGB	rgb(83, 166, 136)
HSL	hsl(158, 33%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(158, 50%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 0%, 18.1%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.41, -32.65, 7.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.41, 33.58, 166.49°)
OKLab	oklab(66.43% -0.0915 0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(66.43% 0.094 167.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.6455, 30.8872, 28.1090)
Luminance	0.3089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A688 #A65371

analogous

#53A65F #53A688 #539BA6

triadic

#53A688 #8853A6 #A68853

tetradic

#53A688 #5F53A6 #A65371 #9BA653

square

#53A688 #5F53A6 #A65371 #9BA653

split-complementary

#53A688 #A6539B #A65F53

monochromatic

#2A5445 #3F7D67 #53A688 #7ABCA4 #A3D1C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#53A688 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#53A688 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A688

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A688	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A688	1.00	2.93	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39C86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96938A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35A79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a688;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 166, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.094 167.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c1aa',
    500: '#53a688',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a688;
$custom-light: #89c1aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a688",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.313,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66427,
    "c": 0.09372,
    "h": 167.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A688

secondary

#BE97A5

accent

#5E85C9

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F7F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1210

muted

#7D817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A688

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

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