#53B588#53B588

#53B588 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.115 H 161.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B588
RGB	rgb(83, 181, 136)
HSL	hsl(152, 40%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(152, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 0%, 24.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.02, -39.51, 14.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.02, 42.03, 160.03°)
OKLab	oklab(70.18% -0.1088 0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(70.18% 0.115 161.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.5329, 36.6621, 29.0714)
Luminance	0.3666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B588 #B55380

analogous

#53B557 #53B588 #53B1B5

triadic

#53B588 #8853B5 #B58853

tetradic

#53B588 #5753B5 #B55380 #B1B553

square

#53B588 #5753B5 #B55380 #B1B553

split-complementary

#53B588 #B553B1 #B55753

monochromatic

#2B6349 #3D8E69 #53B588 #7EC7A6 #A9DAC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#53B588 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#53B588 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B588

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B588	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B588	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A985

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49F8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30B5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b588;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 181, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.115 161.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bccaa',
    500: '#53b588',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b588;
$custom-light: #8bccaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b588",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.449,
    "s": 39.837,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70178,
    "c": 0.11486,
    "h": 161.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B588

secondary

#C79CB0

accent

#588FD0

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B588

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

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