#53AF8B#53AF8B

#53AF8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.104 H 165.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AF8B
RGB	rgb(83, 175, 139)
HSL	hsl(157, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(157, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 0%, 20.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.25, -36.14, 10.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.25, 37.56, 164.22°)
OKLab	oklab(68.75% -0.1006 0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(68.75% 0.104 165.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.5553, 34.3610, 29.8121)
Luminance	0.3436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AF8B #AF5377

analogous

#53AF5D #53AF8B #53A5AF

triadic

#53AF8B #8B53AF #AF8B53

tetradic

#53AF8B #5D53AF #AF5377 #A5AF53

square

#53AF8B #5D53AF #AF5377 #A5AF53

split-complementary

#53AF8B #AF53A5 #AF5D53

monochromatic

#2B5D49 #3E866A #53AF8B #7DC2A7 #A7D6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#53AF8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#53AF8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AF8B

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AF8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AF8B	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA489

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9A8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30AFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53af8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 175, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.104 165.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac7ad',
    500: '#53af8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53af8b;
$custom-light: #8ac7ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53af8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.522,
    "s": 36.508,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68754,
    "c": 0.10396,
    "h": 165.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AF8B

secondary

#C39AAA

accent

#5B88CD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AF8B

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

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