#53B485#53B485

#53B485 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.116 H 160.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B485
RGB	rgb(83, 180, 133)
HSL	hsl(151, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(151, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.9%, 0%, 26.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.65, -39.70, 15.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.65, 42.61, 158.70°)
OKLab	oklab(69.85% -0.1091 0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(69.85% 0.116 160.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.1201, 36.1728, 27.8967)
Luminance	0.3618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B485 #B45382

analogous

#53B455 #53B485 #53B3B4

triadic

#53B485 #8553B4 #B48553

tetradic

#53B485 #5553B4 #B45382 #B3B453

square

#53B485 #5553B4 #B45382 #B3B453

split-complementary

#53B485 #B453B3 #B45553

monochromatic

#2B6247 #3D8D66 #53B485 #7EC7A3 #A8D9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#53B485 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#53B485 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B485

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B485	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B485	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A882

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49E88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32B3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b485;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 180, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.116 160.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcba8',
    500: '#53b485',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b485;
$custom-light: #8bcba8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b485",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.928,
    "s": 39.271,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69854,
    "c": 0.11605,
    "h": 160.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B485

secondary

#C79CB1

accent

#5992CF

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C130F

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B485

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

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