#53B488#53B488

#53B488 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.113 H 161.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B488
RGB	rgb(83, 180, 136)
HSL	hsl(153, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(153, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.9%, 0%, 24.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.72, -39.06, 13.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.72, 41.47, 160.38°)
OKLab	oklab(69.93% -0.1077 0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(69.93% 0.113 161.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.3303, 36.2569, 29.0039)
Luminance	0.3626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B488 #B4537F

analogous

#53B458 #53B488 #53AFB4

triadic

#53B488 #8853B4 #B48853

tetradic

#53B488 #5853B4 #B4537F #AFB453

square

#53B488 #5853B4 #B4537F #AFB453

split-complementary

#53B488 #B453AF #B45853

monochromatic

#2B6249 #3D8D69 #53B488 #7EC7A5 #A8D9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#53B488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#53B488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B488

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B488	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	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)

#B2A886

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39E8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 180, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.113 161.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcbaa',
    500: '#53b488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b488;
$custom-light: #8bcbaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.784,
    "s": 39.271,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69927,
    "c": 0.11345,
    "h": 161.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B488

secondary

#C79CAF

accent

#598ECF

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B488

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

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