#53AA8D#53AA8D

#53AA8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.096 H 169.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AA8D
RGB	rgb(83, 170, 141)
HSL	hsl(160, 34%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(160, 51%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 0%, 17.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.76, -33.37, 6.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.76, 34.09, 168.17°)
OKLab	oklab(67.56% -0.0939 0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(67.56% 0.096 169.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.7476, 32.5096, 30.2704)
Luminance	0.3251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AA8D #AA5370

analogous

#53AA62 #53AA8D #539CAA

triadic

#53AA8D #8D53AA #AA8D53

tetradic

#53AA8D #6253AA #AA5370 #9CAA53

square

#53AA8D #6253AA #AA5370 #9CAA53

split-complementary

#53AA8D #AA539C #AA6253

monochromatic

#2B5849 #3F816B #53AA8D #7BBFA8 #A5D3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#53AA8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#53AA8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AA8D

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AA8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AA8D	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A08C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99968F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31ABA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aa8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 170, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.096 169.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac4ae',
    500: '#53aa8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aa8d;
$custom-light: #8ac4ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aa8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 34.387,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67562,
    "c": 0.09557,
    "h": 169.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AA8D

secondary

#C099A6

accent

#5D82CA

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1210

muted

#7D817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AA8D

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

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