#53B09A#53B09A

#53B09A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.095 H 175.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B09A
RGB	rgb(83, 176, 154)
HSL	hsl(166, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(166, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 0%, 12.5%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.92, -33.07, 2.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.92, 33.20, 175.02°)
OKLab	oklab(69.42% -0.0948 0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(69.42% 0.095 175.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.9228, 35.2205, 36.0504)
Luminance	0.3522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B09A #B05369

analogous

#53B06B #53B09A #5398B0

triadic

#53B09A #9A53B0 #B09A53

tetradic

#53B09A #6B53B0 #B05369 #98B053

square

#53B09A #6B53B0 #B05369 #98B053

split-complementary

#53B09A #B05398 #B06B53

monochromatic

#2B5E52 #3E8876 #53B09A #7DC3B3 #A7D7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#53B09A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#53B09A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B09A

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B09A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B09A	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA699

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9C9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24B2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b09a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 176, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.095 175.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc8b7',
    500: '#53b09a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b09a;
$custom-light: #8bc8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b09a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.806,
    "s": 37.052,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69421,
    "c": 0.09505,
    "h": 175.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B09A

secondary

#C49BA5

accent

#5B76CD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B09A

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

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