#53B49D#53B49D

#53B49D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.098 H 175.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B49D
RGB	rgb(83, 180, 157)
HSL	hsl(166, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(166, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.9%, 0%, 12.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.21, -34.22, 3.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.21, 34.36, 174.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.49% -0.0979 0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(70.49% 0.098 175.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.9716, 36.9134, 37.6481)
Luminance	0.3692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B49D #B4536A

analogous

#53B46D #53B49D #539BB4

triadic

#53B49D #9D53B4 #B49D53

tetradic

#53B49D #6D53B4 #B4536A #9BB453

square

#53B49D #6D53B4 #B4536A #9BB453

split-complementary

#53B49D #B4539B #B46D53

monochromatic

#2B6255 #3D8D7A #53B49D #7EC7B5 #A8D9CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#53B49D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#53B49D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B49D

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B49D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B49D	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAA9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9F9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1EB6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b49d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 180, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.098 175.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcbb9',
    500: '#53b49d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b49d;
$custom-light: #8bcbb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b49d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.773,
    "s": 39.271,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70495,
    "c": 0.09825,
    "h": 175.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B49D

secondary

#C79CA6

accent

#5975CF

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B49D

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

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