#53B686#53B686

#53B686 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.118 H 160.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B686
RGB	rgb(83, 182, 134)
HSL	hsl(151, 40%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(151, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 0%, 26.4%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.29, -40.37, 15.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.29, 43.36, 158.61°)
OKLab	oklab(70.38% -0.1109 0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(70.38% 0.118 160)
XYZ	xyz(24.5962, 37.0139, 28.3979)
Luminance	0.3702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B686 #B65383

analogous

#53B655 #53B686 #53B5B6

triadic

#53B686 #8653B6 #B68653

tetradic

#53B686 #5553B6 #B65383 #B5B653

square

#53B686 #5553B6 #B65383 #B5B653

split-complementary

#53B686 #B653B5 #B65553

monochromatic

#2A6448 #3D8F67 #53B686 #7EC8A4 #A9DAC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#53B686 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#53B686 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B686

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B686	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B686	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AA83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A089

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30B5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b686;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 182, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.118 160.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcca9',
    500: '#53b686',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b686;
$custom-light: #8bcca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b686",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.909,
    "s": 40.408,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70379,
    "c": 0.11801,
    "h": 160
  },
  "luminance": 0.37016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B686

secondary

#C89DB2

accent

#5892D0

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B686

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

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