#53B296#53B296

#53B296 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.100 H 171.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B296
RGB	rgb(83, 178, 150)
HSL	hsl(162, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(162, 53%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 0%, 15.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.43, -34.97, 5.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.43, 35.46, 170.54°)
OKLab	oklab(69.8% -0.0989 0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(69.8% 0.1 171.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.9902, 35.8795, 34.4568)
Luminance	0.3588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B296 #B2536F

analogous

#53B266 #53B296 #539EB2

triadic

#53B296 #9653B2 #B29653

tetradic

#53B296 #6653B2 #B2536F #9EB253

square

#53B296 #6653B2 #B2536F #9EB253

split-complementary

#53B296 #B2539E #B26653

monochromatic

#2B6050 #3E8A74 #53B296 #7DC5B0 #A8D8CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#53B296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#53B296 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B296

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B296	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA895

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9D98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 178, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.100 171.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc9b4',
    500: '#53b296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b296;
$custom-light: #8bc9b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.316,
    "s": 38.153,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.698,
    "c": 0.10002,
    "h": 171.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B296

secondary

#C59BA8

accent

#5A7CCE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B296

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

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