#53A697#53A697

#53A697 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.085 H 180.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A697
RGB	rgb(83, 166, 151)
HSL	hsl(169, 33%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(169, 50%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 0%, 9%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.80, -29.03, 0.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.80, 29.03, 179.98°)
OKLab	oklab(66.87% -0.0846 -0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(66.87% 0.085 180.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.7871, 31.3438, 34.1213)
Luminance	0.3135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A697 #A65362

analogous

#53A66E #53A697 #538CA6

triadic

#53A697 #9753A6 #A69753

tetradic

#53A697 #6E53A6 #A65362 #8CA653

square

#53A697 #6E53A6 #A65362 #8CA653

split-complementary

#53A697 #A6538C #A66E53

monochromatic

#2A544D #3F7D72 #53A697 #7ABCB0 #A3D1C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#53A697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#53A697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A697

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A697	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09E96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929498

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BA8A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 166, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.085 180.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac1b5',
    500: '#53a697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a697;
$custom-light: #8ac1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.157,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66866,
    "c": 0.08458,
    "h": 180.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A697

secondary

#BE979E

accent

#5E72C9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A697

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

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