#53B596#53B596

#53B596 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.104 H 169.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B596
RGB	rgb(83, 181, 150)
HSL	hsl(161, 40%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(161, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 0%, 17.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.34, -36.36, 7.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.34, 37.05, 168.89°)
OKLab	oklab(70.54% -0.1023 0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(70.54% 0.104 169.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.5937, 37.0864, 34.6579)
Luminance	0.3709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B596 #B55372

analogous

#53B565 #53B596 #53A3B5

triadic

#53B596 #9653B5 #B59653

tetradic

#53B596 #6553B5 #B55372 #A3B553

square

#53B596 #6553B5 #B55372 #A3B553

split-complementary

#53B596 #B553A3 #B56553

monochromatic

#2B6351 #3D8E74 #53B596 #7EC7B0 #A9DACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#53B596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#53B596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B596

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B596	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AA94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A098

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 181, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.104 169.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bccb4',
    500: '#53b596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b596;
$custom-light: #8bccb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.02,
    "s": 39.837,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70543,
    "c": 0.10392,
    "h": 169.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B596

secondary

#C79CAA

accent

#587ED0

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B596

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

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