#53B09D#53B09D

#53B09D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.093 H 178.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B09D
RGB	rgb(83, 176, 157)
HSL	hsl(168, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(168, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 0%, 10.8%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.00, -32.33, 1.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.00, 32.36, 177.64°)
OKLab	oklab(69.51% -0.0934 0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(69.51% 0.093 178.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.1758, 35.3217, 37.3828)
Luminance	0.3532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B09D #B05366

analogous

#53B06E #53B09D #5394B0

triadic

#53B09D #9D53B0 #B09D53

tetradic

#53B09D #6E53B0 #B05366 #94B053

square

#53B09D #6E53B0 #B05366 #94B053

split-complementary

#53B09D #B05394 #B06E53

monochromatic

#2B5E53 #3E8879 #53B09D #7DC3B5 #A7D7CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#53B09D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#53B09D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B09D

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B09D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B09D	1.00	2.60	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA79C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9C9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21B2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b09d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 176, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.093 178.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc8b9',
    500: '#53b09d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b09d;
$custom-light: #8bc8b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b09d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.742,
    "s": 37.052,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69511,
    "c": 0.09346,
    "h": 178.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B09D

secondary

#C49BA3

accent

#5B72CD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B09D

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

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