#53A889#53A889

#53A889 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.096 H 167.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A889
RGB	rgb(83, 168, 137)
HSL	hsl(158, 34%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(158, 51%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 0%, 18.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.05, -33.36, 8.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.05, 34.35, 166.19°)
OKLab	oklab(66.95% -0.0934 0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(66.95% 0.096 167.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.0833, 31.6485, 28.6071)
Luminance	0.3165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A889 #A85372

analogous

#53A85F #53A889 #539DA8

triadic

#53A889 #8953A8 #A88953

tetradic

#53A889 #5F53A8 #A85372 #9DA853

square

#53A889 #5F53A8 #A85372 #9DA853

split-complementary

#53A889 #A8539D #A85F53

monochromatic

#2B5646 #3F7F68 #53A889 #7BBEA5 #A4D2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#53A889 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#53A889 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A889

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A889	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A889	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59E87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98958B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34A99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a889;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 168, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.096 167.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c2ab',
    500: '#53a889',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a889;
$custom-light: #89c2ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a889",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.118,
    "s": 33.865,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66954,
    "c": 0.09575,
    "h": 167.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A889

secondary

#BF98A6

accent

#5E85CA

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1210

muted

#7D817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A889

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

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