#53B586#53B586

#53B586 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.117 H 160.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B586
RGB	rgb(83, 181, 134)
HSL	hsl(151, 40%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(151, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 0%, 26%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.98, -39.93, 15.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.98, 42.79, 158.92°)
OKLab	oklab(70.13% -0.1098 0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(70.13% 0.117 160.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.3921, 36.6058, 28.3298)
Luminance	0.3661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B586 #B55382

analogous

#53B555 #53B586 #53B3B5

triadic

#53B586 #8653B5 #B58653

tetradic

#53B586 #5553B5 #B55382 #B3B553

square

#53B586 #5553B5 #B55382 #B3B553

split-complementary

#53B586 #B553B3 #B55553

monochromatic

#2B6348 #3D8E67 #53B586 #7EC7A4 #A9DAC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#53B586 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#53B586 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B586

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B586	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B586	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A983

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59F89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b586;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 181, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.117 160.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcca9',
    500: '#53b586',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b586;
$custom-light: #8bcca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b586",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.224,
    "s": 39.837,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70129,
    "c": 0.1166,
    "h": 160.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B586

secondary

#C79CB1

accent

#5891D0

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B586

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

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