#53B09E#53B09E

#53B09E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.093 H 179.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B09E
RGB	rgb(83, 176, 158)
HSL	hsl(168, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(168, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 0%, 10.2%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.02, -32.08, 0.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.02, 32.09, 178.54°)
OKLab	oklab(69.54% -0.0929 0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(69.54% 0.093 179)
XYZ	xyz(25.2615, 35.3560, 37.8343)
Luminance	0.3536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B09E #B05365

analogous

#53B06F #53B09E #5393B0

triadic

#53B09E #9E53B0 #B09E53

tetradic

#53B09E #6F53B0 #B05365 #93B053

square

#53B09E #6F53B0 #B05365 #93B053

split-complementary

#53B09E #B05393 #B06F53

monochromatic

#2B5E54 #3E8879 #53B09E #7DC3B6 #A7D7CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#53B09E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#53B09E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B09E

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B09E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B09E	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA79D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9C9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20B2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b09e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 176, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.093 179.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc8ba',
    500: '#53b09e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b09e;
$custom-light: #8bc8ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b09e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.387,
    "s": 37.052,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69541,
    "c": 0.09296,
    "h": 179
  },
  "luminance": 0.35358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B09E

secondary

#C49BA3

accent

#5B71CD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B09E

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

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