#53B397#53B397

#53B397 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.101 H 171.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B397
RGB	rgb(83, 179, 151)
HSL	hsl(163, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(163, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 0%, 15.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.76, -35.20, 5.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.76, 35.67, 170.73°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% -0.0996 0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.101 171.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.2708, 36.3113, 34.9492)
Luminance	0.3631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B397 #B3536F

analogous

#53B367 #53B397 #539FB3

triadic

#53B397 #9753B3 #B39753

tetradic

#53B397 #6753B3 #B3536F #9FB353

square

#53B397 #6753B3 #B3536F #9FB353

split-complementary

#53B397 #B3539F #B36753

monochromatic

#2B6151 #3E8B75 #53B397 #7DC6B1 #A8D9CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#53B397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#53B397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B397

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B397	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA996

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09E99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 179, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.101 171.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcab5',
    500: '#53b397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b397;
$custom-light: #8bcab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.5,
    "s": 38.71,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70076,
    "c": 0.10065,
    "h": 171.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B397

secondary

#C69CA8

accent

#597BCF

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B397

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

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