#53A698#53A698

#53A698 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.084 H 181.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A698
RGB	rgb(83, 166, 152)
HSL	hsl(170, 33%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(170, 50%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 0%, 8.4%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.82, -28.78, -0.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.82, 28.78, 181.02°)
OKLab	oklab(66.9% -0.0841 -0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(66.9% 0.084 181.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.8686, 31.3765, 34.5508)
Luminance	0.3138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A698 #A65361

analogous

#53A66F #53A698 #538BA6

triadic

#53A698 #9853A6 #A69853

tetradic

#53A698 #6F53A6 #A65361 #8BA653

square

#53A698 #6F53A6 #A65361 #8BA653

split-complementary

#53A698 #A6538B #A66F53

monochromatic

#2A544D #3F7D73 #53A698 #7ABCB1 #A3D1C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#53A698 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#53A698 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A698

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A698	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A698	1.00	2.89	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09E97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2AA9A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a698;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 166, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.084 181.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac1b6',
    500: '#53a698',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a698;
$custom-light: #8ac1b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a698",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.88,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66897,
    "c": 0.08414,
    "h": 181.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A698

secondary

#BE979D

accent

#5E70C9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A698

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

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