#53AE8A#53AE8A

#53AE8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.103 H 165.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AE8A
RGB	rgb(83, 174, 138)
HSL	hsl(156, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(156, 52%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 0%, 20.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.92, -35.91, 10.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.92, 37.36, 164.00°)
OKLab	oklab(68.48% -0.0999 0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(68.48% 0.103 165.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.2887, 33.9441, 29.3644)
Luminance	0.3395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AE8A #AE5377

analogous

#53AE5D #53AE8A #53A4AE

triadic

#53AE8A #8A53AE #AE8A53

tetradic

#53AE8A #5D53AE #AE5377 #A4AE53

square

#53AE8A #5D53AE #AE5377 #A4AE53

split-complementary

#53AE8A #AE53A4 #AE5D53

monochromatic

#2B5C48 #3F8569 #53AE8A #7DC2A6 #A6D5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#53AE8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#53AE8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AE8A

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AE8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AE8A	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA388

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31AEA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53ae8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 174, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.103 165.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac6ac',
    500: '#53ae8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53ae8a;
$custom-light: #8ac6ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53ae8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.264,
    "s": 35.968,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68478,
    "c": 0.10335,
    "h": 165.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AE8A

secondary

#C39AAA

accent

#5C88CC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AE8A

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

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