#53B59E#53B59E

#53B59E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.099 H 175.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B59E
RGB	rgb(83, 181, 158)
HSL	hsl(166, 40%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(166, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 0%, 12.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.54, -34.44, 3.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.54, 34.57, 174.99°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% -0.0986 0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.099 175.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.2600, 37.3529, 38.1671)
Luminance	0.3735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B59E #B5536A

analogous

#53B56D #53B59E #539BB5

triadic

#53B59E #9E53B5 #B59E53

tetradic

#53B59E #6D53B5 #B5536A #9BB553

square

#53B59E #6D53B5 #B5536A #9BB553

split-complementary

#53B59E #B5539B #B56D53

monochromatic

#2B6356 #3D8E7B #53B59E #7EC7B6 #A9DACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#53B59E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#53B59E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B59E

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B59E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B59E	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAB9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A0A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DB7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b59e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 181, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.099 175.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcbba',
    500: '#53b59e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b59e;
$custom-light: #8bcbba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b59e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.918,
    "s": 39.837,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7077,
    "c": 0.0989,
    "h": 175.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B59E

secondary

#C79CA6

accent

#5874D0

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B59E

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

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