#53B49A#53B49A

#53B49A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.100 H 173.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B49A
RGB	rgb(83, 180, 154)
HSL	hsl(164, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(164, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.9%, 0%, 14.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.14, -34.95, 4.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.14, 35.25, 172.44°)
OKLab	oklab(70.41% -0.0993 0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(70.41% 0.1 173.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.7186, 36.8123, 36.3157)
Luminance	0.3681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B49A #B4536D

analogous

#53B46A #53B49A #539DB4

triadic

#53B49A #9A53B4 #B49A53

tetradic

#53B49A #6A53B4 #B4536D #9DB453

square

#53B49A #6A53B4 #B4536D #9DB453

split-complementary

#53B49A #B4539D #B46A53

monochromatic

#2B6253 #3D8D77 #53B49A #7EC7B3 #A8D9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#53B49A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#53B49A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B49A

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B49A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B49A	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAA99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09F9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b49a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 180, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.100 173.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcbb7',
    500: '#53b49a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b49a;
$custom-light: #8bcbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b49a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.918,
    "s": 39.271,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70408,
    "c": 0.10002,
    "h": 173.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B49A

secondary

#C79CA8

accent

#5978CF

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B49A

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

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