#53AE99#53AE99

#53AE99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.093 H 176.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AE99
RGB	rgb(83, 174, 153)
HSL	hsl(166, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(166, 52%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 0%, 12.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.29, -32.37, 2.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.29, 32.47, 175.56°)
OKLab	oklab(68.9% -0.0929 0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(68.9% 0.093 176.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.4506, 34.4088, 35.4839)
Luminance	0.3441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AE99 #AE5368

analogous

#53AE6B #53AE99 #5395AE

triadic

#53AE99 #9953AE #AE9953

tetradic

#53AE99 #6B53AE #AE5368 #95AE53

square

#53AE99 #6B53AE #AE5368 #95AE53

split-complementary

#53AE99 #AE5395 #AE6B53

monochromatic

#2B5C50 #3F8575 #53AE99 #7DC2B2 #A6D5CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#53AE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#53AE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AE99

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AE99	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9A9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26B0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53ae99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 174, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.093 176.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac6b7',
    500: '#53ae99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53ae99;
$custom-light: #8ac6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53ae99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.154,
    "s": 35.968,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68899,
    "c": 0.09315,
    "h": 176.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AE99

secondary

#C39AA3

accent

#5C76CC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AE99

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

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