#53AA99#53AA99

#53AA99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.088 H 179.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AA99
RGB	rgb(83, 170, 153)
HSL	hsl(168, 34%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(168, 51%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 0%, 10%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.07, -30.46, 0.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.07, 30.47, 178.60°)
OKLab	oklab(67.91% -0.0883 0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(67.91% 0.088 179)
XYZ	xyz(23.6893, 32.8863, 35.2301)
Luminance	0.3289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AA99 #AA5364

analogous

#53AA6E #53AA99 #5390AA

triadic

#53AA99 #9953AA #AA9953

tetradic

#53AA99 #6E53AA #AA5364 #90AA53

square

#53AA99 #6E53AA #AA5364 #90AA53

split-complementary

#53AA99 #AA5390 #AA6E53

monochromatic

#2B584F #3F8174 #53AA99 #7BBFB2 #A5D3CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#53AA99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#53AA99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AA99

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AA99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AA99	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A198

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96979A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28ACA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aa99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 170, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.088 179.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac3b7',
    500: '#53aa99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aa99;
$custom-light: #8ac3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aa99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.276,
    "s": 34.387,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67913,
    "c": 0.08834,
    "h": 179
  },
  "luminance": 0.32888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AA99

secondary

#C099A0

accent

#5D73CA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AA99

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

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