#53B595#53B595

#53B595 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.105 H 169.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B595
RGB	rgb(83, 181, 149)
HSL	hsl(160, 40%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(160, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 0%, 17.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.32, -36.59, 7.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.32, 37.38, 168.19°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% -0.1028 0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.105 169.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.5135, 37.0543, 34.2356)
Luminance	0.3706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B595 #B55373

analogous

#53B564 #53B595 #53A4B5

triadic

#53B595 #9553B5 #B59553

tetradic

#53B595 #6453B5 #B55373 #A4B553

square

#53B595 #6453B5 #B55373 #A4B553

split-complementary

#53B595 #B553A4 #B56453

monochromatic

#2B6351 #3D8E73 #53B595 #7EC7AF #A9DACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#53B595 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#53B595 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B595

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B595	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B595	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AA93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A097

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b595;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 181, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.105 169.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bccb4',
    500: '#53b595',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b595;
$custom-light: #8bccb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b595",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.408,
    "s": 39.837,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70515,
    "c": 0.10462,
    "h": 169.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B595

secondary

#C79CAA

accent

#587FD0

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B595

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

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