#53B384#53B384

#53B384 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.115 H 159.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B384
RGB	rgb(83, 179, 132)
HSL	hsl(151, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(151, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 0%, 26.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.32, -39.47, 15.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.32, 42.43, 158.48°)
OKLab	oklab(69.58% -0.1084 0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(69.58% 0.115 159.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.8502, 35.7430, 27.4676)
Luminance	0.3574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B384 #B35382

analogous

#53B354 #53B384 #53B2B3

triadic

#53B384 #8453B3 #B38453

tetradic

#53B384 #5453B3 #B35382 #B2B353

square

#53B384 #5453B3 #B35382 #B2B353

split-complementary

#53B384 #B353B2 #B35453

monochromatic

#2B6146 #3E8B65 #53B384 #7DC6A2 #A8D9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#53B384 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#53B384 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B384

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B384	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B384	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A781

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39D87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b384;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 179, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.115 159.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcaa8',
    500: '#53b384',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b384;
$custom-light: #8bcaa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b384",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.625,
    "s": 38.71,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69579,
    "c": 0.11549,
    "h": 159.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B384

secondary

#C69CB0

accent

#5993CF

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C130F

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B384

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

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