#53AA97#53AA97

#53AA97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.089 H 177.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AA97
RGB	rgb(83, 170, 151)
HSL	hsl(167, 34%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(167, 51%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 0%, 11.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.02, -30.96, 1.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.02, 31.01, 176.70°)
OKLab	oklab(67.85% -0.0892 0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(67.85% 0.089 177.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.5255, 32.8208, 34.3675)
Luminance	0.3282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AA97 #AA5366

analogous

#53AA6C #53AA97 #5391AA

triadic

#53AA97 #9753AA #AA9753

tetradic

#53AA97 #6C53AA #AA5366 #91AA53

square

#53AA97 #6C53AA #AA5366 #91AA53

split-complementary

#53AA97 #AA5391 #AA6C53

monochromatic

#2B584E #3F8172 #53AA97 #7BBFB0 #A5D3C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#53AA97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#53AA97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AA97

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AA97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AA97	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A196

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29ACA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aa97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 170, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.089 177.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac3b5',
    500: '#53aa97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aa97;
$custom-light: #8ac3b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aa97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.897,
    "s": 34.387,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67852,
    "c": 0.08935,
    "h": 177.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AA97

secondary

#C099A1

accent

#5D75CA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AA97

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

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