#53A985#53A985

#53A985 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.100 H 164.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A985
RGB	rgb(83, 169, 133)
HSL	hsl(155, 34%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(155, 51%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 0%, 21.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.27, -34.73, 10.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.27, 36.35, 162.83°)
OKLab	oklab(67.1% -0.0965 0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(67.1% 0.1 164.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.9870, 31.9065, 27.1857)
Luminance	0.3191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A985 #A95377

analogous

#53A95A #53A985 #53A2A9

triadic

#53A985 #8553A9 #A98553

tetradic

#53A985 #5A53A9 #A95377 #A2A953

square

#53A985 #5A53A9 #A95377 #A2A953

split-complementary

#53A985 #A953A2 #A95A53

monochromatic

#2B5744 #3F8065 #53A985 #7BBEA2 #A4D2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#53A985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#53A985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A985

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A985	1.00	2.84	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69F83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999587

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35A99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 169, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.100 164.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c3a8',
    500: '#53a985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a985;
$custom-light: #89c3a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.884,
    "s": 34.127,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67097,
    "c": 0.10031,
    "h": 164.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A985

secondary

#C098A9

accent

#5E8BCA

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C120F

muted

#7D817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A985

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

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