#53B097#53B097

#53B097 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.097 H 173.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B097
RGB	rgb(83, 176, 151)
HSL	hsl(164, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(164, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 0%, 14.2%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.84, -33.80, 4.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.84, 34.09, 172.53°)
OKLab	oklab(69.33% -0.0962 0.0112)
OKLCH	oklch(69.33% 0.097 173.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.6760, 35.1218, 34.7510)
Luminance	0.3512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B097 #B0536C

analogous

#53B068 #53B097 #539AB0

triadic

#53B097 #9753B0 #B09753

tetradic

#53B097 #6853B0 #B0536C #9AB053

square

#53B097 #6853B0 #B0536C #9AB053

split-complementary

#53B097 #B0539A #B06853

monochromatic

#2B5E50 #3E8874 #53B097 #7DC3B0 #A7D7CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#53B097 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#53B097 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B097

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B097	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B097	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA696

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9C99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27B2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b097;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 176, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.097 173.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc8b5',
    500: '#53b097',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b097;
$custom-light: #8bc8b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b097",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.871,
    "s": 37.052,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69334,
    "c": 0.09681,
    "h": 173.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B097

secondary

#C49BA6

accent

#5B79CD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B097

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

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