#53AB9A#53AB9A

#53AB9A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.089 H 179.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AB9A
RGB	rgb(83, 171, 154)
HSL	hsl(168, 35%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(168, 51%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 0%, 9.9%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.40, -30.69, 0.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.40, 30.70, 178.75°)
OKLab	oklab(68.19% -0.089 0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(68.19% 0.089 179.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.9604, 33.2958, 35.7296)
Luminance	0.3330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AB9A #AB5364

analogous

#53AB6E #53AB9A #5390AB

triadic

#53AB9A #9A53AB #AB9A53

tetradic

#53AB9A #6E53AB #AB5364 #90AB53

square

#53AB9A #6E53AB #AB5364 #90AB53

split-complementary

#53AB9A #AB5390 #AB6E53

monochromatic

#2B5950 #3F8275 #53AB9A #7CBFB2 #A5D3CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#53AB9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#53AB9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AB9A

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AB9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AB9A	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A299

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97989B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26ADA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53ab9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 171, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.089 179.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac4b7',
    500: '#53ab9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53ab9a;
$custom-light: #8ac4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53ab9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.409,
    "s": 34.646,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6819,
    "c": 0.08904,
    "h": 179.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AB9A

secondary

#C199A1

accent

#5D72CB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AB9A

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

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