#53A699#53A699

#53A699 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.084 H 182.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A699
RGB	rgb(83, 166, 153)
HSL	hsl(171, 33%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(171, 50%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 0%, 7.8%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.85, -28.52, -1.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.85, 28.54, 182.07°)
OKLab	oklab(66.93% -0.0837 -0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(66.93% 0.084 182.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.9509, 31.4094, 34.9840)
Luminance	0.3141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A699 #A65360

analogous

#53A670 #53A699 #538AA6

triadic

#53A699 #9953A6 #A69953

tetradic

#53A699 #7053A6 #A65360 #8AA653

square

#53A699 #7053A6 #A65360 #8AA653

split-complementary

#53A699 #A6538A #A67053

monochromatic

#2A544E #3F7D73 #53A699 #7ABCB2 #A3D1CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#53A699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#53A699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A699

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A699	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	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)

#A09E99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92949A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29A9A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 166, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.084 182.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac1b7',
    500: '#53a699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a699;
$custom-light: #8ac1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.602,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66928,
    "c": 0.08373,
    "h": 182.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A699

secondary

#BE979D

accent

#5E6FC9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A699

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

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