#53A99E#53A99E

#53A99E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.085 H 184.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A99E
RGB	rgb(83, 169, 158)
HSL	hsl(172, 34%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(172, 51%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 0%, 6.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.90, -28.71, -2.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.90, 28.80, 184.56°)
OKLab	oklab(67.82% -0.0849 -0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(67.82% 0.085 184.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.9242, 32.6814, 37.3885)
Luminance	0.3268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A99E #A9535E

analogous

#53A973 #53A99E #5389A9

triadic

#53A99E #9E53A9 #A99E53

tetradic

#53A99E #7353A9 #A9535E #89A953

square

#53A99E #7353A9 #A9535E #89A953

split-complementary

#53A99E #A95389 #A97353

monochromatic

#2B5751 #3F8078 #53A99E #7BBEB6 #A4D2CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#53A99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#53A99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A99E

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A99E	1.00	2.79	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A19E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94979F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23ACA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 169, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.085 184.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac3ba',
    500: '#53a99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a99e;
$custom-light: #8ac3ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.326,
    "s": 34.127,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67823,
    "c": 0.08516,
    "h": 184.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A99E

secondary

#C0989D

accent

#5E6BCA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A99E

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

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