#53B487#53B487

#53B487 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.114 H 161.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B487
RGB	rgb(83, 180, 135)
HSL	hsl(152, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(152, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.9%, 0%, 25%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.69, -39.28, 14.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.69, 41.85, 159.81°)
OKLab	oklab(69.9% -0.1082 0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(69.9% 0.114 161.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.2596, 36.2286, 28.6314)
Luminance	0.3623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B487 #B45380

analogous

#53B457 #53B487 #53B1B4

triadic

#53B487 #8753B4 #B48753

tetradic

#53B487 #5753B4 #B45380 #B1B453

square

#53B487 #5753B4 #B45380 #B1B453

split-complementary

#53B487 #B453B1 #B45753

monochromatic

#2B6248 #3D8D68 #53B487 #7EC7A5 #A8D9C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#53B487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#53B487 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B487

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B487	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A884

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49E8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 180, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.114 161.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcbaa',
    500: '#53b487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b487;
$custom-light: #8bcbaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.165,
    "s": 39.271,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69903,
    "c": 0.1143,
    "h": 161.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B487

secondary

#C79CB0

accent

#5990CF

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B487

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

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