#53B49E#53B49E

#53B49E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.098 H 176.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B49E
RGB	rgb(83, 180, 158)
HSL	hsl(166, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(166, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.9%, 0%, 12.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.24, -33.97, 2.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.24, 34.07, 175.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% -0.0975 0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.098 176.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.0574, 36.9477, 38.0996)
Luminance	0.3695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B49E #B45369

analogous

#53B46E #53B49E #539AB4

triadic

#53B49E #9E53B4 #B49E53

tetradic

#53B49E #6E53B4 #B45369 #9AB453

square

#53B49E #6E53B4 #B45369 #9AB453

split-complementary

#53B49E #B4539A #B46E53

monochromatic

#2B6255 #3D8D7B #53B49E #7EC7B6 #A8D9CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#53B49E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#53B49E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B49E

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B49E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B49E	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAA9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9FA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DB6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b49e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 180, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.098 176.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcbba',
    500: '#53b49e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b49e;
$custom-light: #8bcbba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b49e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.392,
    "s": 39.271,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70524,
    "c": 0.09769,
    "h": 176.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B49E

secondary

#C79CA6

accent

#5974CF

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B49E

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

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