#53B59A#53B59A

#53B59A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.101 H 172.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B59A
RGB	rgb(83, 181, 154)
HSL	hsl(163, 40%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(163, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 0%, 14.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.44, -35.41, 5.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.44, 35.77, 171.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.66% -0.1005 0.0129)
OKLCH	oklch(70.66% 0.101 172.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.9213, 37.2175, 36.3833)
Luminance	0.3722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B59A #B5536E

analogous

#53B569 #53B59A #539FB5

triadic

#53B59A #9A53B5 #B59A53

tetradic

#53B59A #6953B5 #B5536E #9FB553

square

#53B59A #6953B5 #B5536E #9FB553

split-complementary

#53B59A #B5539F #B56953

monochromatic

#2B6353 #3D8E78 #53B59A #7EC7B3 #A9DACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#53B59A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#53B59A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B59A

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B59A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B59A	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AB99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A09C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b59a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 181, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.101 172.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcbb7',
    500: '#53b59a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b59a;
$custom-light: #8bcbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b59a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.469,
    "s": 39.837,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70655,
    "c": 0.10128,
    "h": 172.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B59A

secondary

#C79CA8

accent

#5879D0

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B59A

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

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