#53B18E#53B18E

#53B18E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.104 H 166.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B18E
RGB	rgb(83, 177, 142)
HSL	hsl(158, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(158, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.1%, 0%, 19.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.93, -36.38, 9.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.93, 37.60, 165.32°)
OKLab	oklab(69.33% -0.1015 0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(69.33% 0.104 166.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.1697, 35.2341, 31.1131)
Luminance	0.3524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B18E #B15376

analogous

#53B15F #53B18E #53A5B1

triadic

#53B18E #8E53B1 #B18E53

tetradic

#53B18E #5F53B1 #B15376 #A5B153

square

#53B18E #5F53B1 #B15376 #A5B153

split-complementary

#53B18E #B153A5 #B15F53

monochromatic

#2B5F4B #3E896D #53B18E #7DC4AA #A7D7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#53B18E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#53B18E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B18E

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B18E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B18E	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)

#ADA68C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9C90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2DB1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b18e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 177, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.104 166.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac9af',
    500: '#53b18e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b18e;
$custom-light: #8ac9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b18e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.66,
    "s": 37.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69332,
    "c": 0.10439,
    "h": 166.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B18E

secondary

#C59BAB

accent

#5A85CE

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B18E

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

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