#53B59F#53B59F

#53B59F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.098 H 176.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B59F
RGB	rgb(83, 181, 159)
HSL	hsl(167, 40%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(167, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 0%, 12.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.57, -34.19, 2.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.57, 34.28, 175.81°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% -0.0982 0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.098 176.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3464, 37.3875, 38.6223)
Luminance	0.3739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B59F #B55369

analogous

#53B56E #53B59F #539AB5

triadic

#53B59F #9F53B5 #B59F53

tetradic

#53B59F #6E53B5 #B55369 #9AB553

square

#53B59F #6E53B5 #B55369 #9AB553

split-complementary

#53B59F #B5539A #B56E53

monochromatic

#2B6356 #3D8E7C #53B59F #7EC7B7 #A9DACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#53B59F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#53B59F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B59F

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B59F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B59F	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAB9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A0A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BB7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b59f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 181, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.098 176.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcbbb',
    500: '#53b59f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b59f;
$custom-light: #8bcbbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b59f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.531,
    "s": 39.837,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.708,
    "c": 0.09835,
    "h": 176.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B59F

secondary

#C79CA6

accent

#5873D0

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B59F

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

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