#53AE90#53AE90

#53AE90 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.099 H 169.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AE90
RGB	rgb(83, 174, 144)
HSL	hsl(160, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(160, 52%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 0%, 17.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.06, -34.53, 7.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.06, 35.27, 168.25°)
OKLab	oklab(68.64% -0.0971 0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(68.64% 0.099 169.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.7351, 34.1226, 31.7157)
Luminance	0.3412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AE90 #AE5371

analogous

#53AE63 #53AE90 #539EAE

triadic

#53AE90 #9053AE #AE9053

tetradic

#53AE90 #6353AE #AE5371 #9EAE53

square

#53AE90 #6353AE #AE5371 #9EAE53

split-complementary

#53AE90 #AE539E #AE6353

monochromatic

#2B5C4C #3F856E #53AE90 #7DC2AB #A6D5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#53AE90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#53AE90 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AE90

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AE90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AE90	1.00	2.68	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA48F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9A92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2DAFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53ae90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 174, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.099 169.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac6b0',
    500: '#53ae90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53ae90;
$custom-light: #8ac6b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53ae90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.22,
    "s": 35.968,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6864,
    "c": 0.09884,
    "h": 169.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AE90

secondary

#C39AA7

accent

#5C81CC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AE90

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

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