#53B09B#53B09B

#53B09B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.095 H 176.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B09B
RGB	rgb(83, 176, 155)
HSL	hsl(166, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(166, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 0%, 11.9%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.95, -32.83, 2.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.95, 32.91, 175.88°)
OKLab	oklab(69.45% -0.0943 0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(69.45% 0.095 176.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.0064, 35.2540, 36.4909)
Luminance	0.3526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B09B #B05368

analogous

#53B06C #53B09B #5396B0

triadic

#53B09B #9B53B0 #B09B53

tetradic

#53B09B #6C53B0 #B05368 #96B053

square

#53B09B #6C53B0 #B05368 #96B053

split-complementary

#53B09B #B05396 #B06C53

monochromatic

#2B5E52 #3E8877 #53B09B #7DC3B3 #A7D7CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#53B09B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#53B09B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B09B

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B09B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B09B	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA69A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9C9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23B2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b09b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 176, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.095 176.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc8b8',
    500: '#53b09b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b09b;
$custom-light: #8bc8b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b09b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.452,
    "s": 37.052,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69451,
    "c": 0.0945,
    "h": 176.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B09B

secondary

#C49BA4

accent

#5B75CD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B09B

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

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