#53B591#53B591

#53B591 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.108 H 166.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B591
RGB	rgb(83, 181, 145)
HSL	hsl(158, 40%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(158, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 0%, 19.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.22, -37.51, 9.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.22, 38.75, 165.48°)
OKLab	oklab(70.41% -0.1046 0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(70.41% 0.108 166.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.1996, 36.9288, 32.5826)
Luminance	0.3693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B591 #B55377

analogous

#53B560 #53B591 #53A8B5

triadic

#53B591 #9153B5 #B59153

tetradic

#53B591 #6053B5 #B55377 #A8B553

square

#53B591 #6053B5 #B55377 #A8B553

split-complementary

#53B591 #B553A8 #B56053

monochromatic

#2B634E #3D8E70 #53B591 #7EC7AC #A9DAC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#53B591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#53B591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B591

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B591	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)

#B1AA8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39F93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 181, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.108 166.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bccb1',
    500: '#53b591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b591;
$custom-light: #8bccb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.959,
    "s": 39.837,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70407,
    "c": 0.10755,
    "h": 166.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B591

secondary

#C79CAC

accent

#5884D0

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F5

border

#CBD2CF

text

#0D1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B591

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

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