#53B199#53B199

#53B199 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.097 H 174.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B199
RGB	rgb(83, 177, 153)
HSL	hsl(165, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(165, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.1%, 0%, 13.6%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.20, -33.79, 3.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.20, 34.01, 173.52°)
OKLab	oklab(69.64% -0.0964 0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(69.64% 0.097 174.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.0366, 35.5809, 35.6792)
Luminance	0.3558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B199 #B1536B

analogous

#53B16A #53B199 #539AB1

triadic

#53B199 #9953B1 #B19953

tetradic

#53B199 #6A53B1 #B1536B #9AB153

square

#53B199 #6A53B1 #B1536B #9AB153

split-complementary

#53B199 #B1539A #B16A53

monochromatic

#2B5F51 #3E8976 #53B199 #7DC4B2 #A7D7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#53B199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#53B199 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B199

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B199	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA798

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9D9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 177, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.097 174.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc9b7',
    500: '#53b199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b199;
$custom-light: #8bc9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.681,
    "s": 37.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69639,
    "c": 0.09686,
    "h": 174.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B199

secondary

#C59BA6

accent

#5A78CE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B199

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

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