#53B299#53B299

#53B299 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.098 H 173.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B299
RGB	rgb(83, 178, 153)
HSL	hsl(164, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(164, 53%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 0%, 14%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.50, -34.26, 4.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.50, 34.52, 172.88°)
OKLab	oklab(69.89% -0.0975 0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(69.89% 0.098 173.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.2349, 35.9774, 35.7453)
Luminance	0.3598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B299 #B2536C

analogous

#53B269 #53B299 #539BB2

triadic

#53B299 #9953B2 #B29953

tetradic

#53B299 #6953B2 #B2536C #9BB253

square

#53B299 #6953B2 #B2536C #9BB253

split-complementary

#53B299 #B2539B #B26953

monochromatic

#2B6052 #3E8A76 #53B299 #7DC5B2 #A8D8CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#53B299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#53B299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B299

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B299	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA898

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9D9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 178, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.098 173.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc9b7',
    500: '#53b299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b299;
$custom-light: #8bc9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.211,
    "s": 38.153,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69886,
    "c": 0.09812,
    "h": 173.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B299

secondary

#C59BA6

accent

#5A78CE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B299

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

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