#53A689#53A689

#53A689 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.093 H 168.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A689
RGB	rgb(83, 166, 137)
HSL	hsl(159, 33%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(159, 50%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 0%, 17.5%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.44, -32.42, 7.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.44, 33.23, 167.27°)
OKLab	oklab(66.45% -0.0911 0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(66.45% 0.093 168.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.7169, 30.9158, 28.4850)
Luminance	0.3092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A689 #A65370

analogous

#53A660 #53A689 #539AA6

triadic

#53A689 #8953A6 #A68953

tetradic

#53A689 #6053A6 #A65370 #9AA653

square

#53A689 #6053A6 #A65370 #9AA653

split-complementary

#53A689 #A6539A #A66053

monochromatic

#2A5446 #3F7D67 #53A689 #7ABCA5 #A3D1C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#53A689 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#53A689 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A689

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A689	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A689	1.00	2.92	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.92	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)

#A29C88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96938B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34A79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a689;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 166, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.093 168.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c1ab',
    500: '#53a689',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a689;
$custom-light: #89c1ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a689",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.036,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66454,
    "c": 0.09298,
    "h": 168.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A689

secondary

#BE97A4

accent

#5E84C9

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F7F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1210

muted

#7D817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A689

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

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