#53B59C#53B59C

#53B59C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.100 H 174.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B59C
RGB	rgb(83, 181, 156)
HSL	hsl(165, 40%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(165, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 0%, 13.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.49, -34.92, 4.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.49, 35.16, 173.39°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% -0.0995 0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.1 174.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.0892, 37.2846, 37.2678)
Luminance	0.3729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B59C #B5536C

analogous

#53B56B #53B59C #539DB5

triadic

#53B59C #9C53B5 #B59C53

tetradic

#53B59C #6B53B5 #B5536C #9DB553

square

#53B59C #6B53B5 #B5536C #9DB553

split-complementary

#53B59C #B5539D #B56B53

monochromatic

#2B6355 #3D8E79 #53B59C #7EC7B5 #A9DACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#53B59C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#53B59C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B59C

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B59C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B59C	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AB9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A09E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FB7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b59c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 181, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.100 174.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcbb9',
    500: '#53b59c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b59c;
$custom-light: #8bcbb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b59c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.694,
    "s": 39.837,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70712,
    "c": 0.10006,
    "h": 174.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B59C

secondary

#C79CA7

accent

#5877D0

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B59C

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

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