#53B59D#53B59D

#53B59D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.099 H 174.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B59D
RGB	rgb(83, 181, 157)
HSL	hsl(165, 40%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(165, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 0%, 13.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.52, -34.68, 3.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.52, 34.86, 174.18°)
OKLab	oklab(70.74% -0.0991 0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(70.74% 0.099 174.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.1742, 37.3186, 37.7156)
Luminance	0.3732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B59D #B5536B

analogous

#53B56C #53B59D #539CB5

triadic

#53B59D #9D53B5 #B59D53

tetradic

#53B59D #6C53B5 #B5536B #9CB553

square

#53B59D #6C53B5 #B5536B #9CB553

split-complementary

#53B59D #B5539C #B56C53

monochromatic

#2B6355 #3D8E7A #53B59D #7EC7B5 #A9DACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#53B59D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#53B59D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B59D

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B59D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B59D	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)

#AFAB9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A09F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1EB7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b59d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 181, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.099 174.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcbb9',
    500: '#53b59d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b59d;
$custom-light: #8bcbb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b59d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.306,
    "s": 39.837,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70741,
    "c": 0.09947,
    "h": 174.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B59D

secondary

#C79CA7

accent

#5875D0

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B59D

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

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