#53B09F#53B09F

#53B09F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.092 H 179.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B09F
RGB	rgb(83, 176, 159)
HSL	hsl(169, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(169, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 0%, 9.7%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.05, -31.83, 0.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.05, 31.83, 179.46°)
OKLab	oklab(69.57% -0.0925 0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(69.57% 0.093 179.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.3479, 35.3906, 38.2894)
Luminance	0.3539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B09F #B05364

analogous

#53B070 #53B09F #5392B0

triadic

#53B09F #9F53B0 #B09F53

tetradic

#53B09F #7053B0 #B05364 #92B053

square

#53B09F #7053B0 #B05364 #92B053

split-complementary

#53B09F #B05392 #B07053

monochromatic

#2B5E54 #3E887A #53B09F #7DC3B6 #A7D7CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#53B09F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#53B09F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B09F

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B09F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B09F	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A79E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9CA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1EB3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b09f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 176, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.092 179.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc8bb',
    500: '#53b09f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b09f;
$custom-light: #8bc8bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b09f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.032,
    "s": 37.052,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69572,
    "c": 0.0925,
    "h": 179.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B09F

secondary

#C49BA2

accent

#5B70CD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B09F

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

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