#53B696#53B696

#53B696 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.105 H 169.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B696
RGB	rgb(83, 182, 150)
HSL	hsl(161, 40%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(161, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 0%, 17.6%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.65, -36.81, 7.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.65, 37.58, 168.38°)
OKLab	oklab(70.79% -0.1034 0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(70.79% 0.105 169.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.7977, 37.4945, 34.7259)
Luminance	0.3750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B696 #B65373

analogous

#53B665 #53B696 #53A5B6

triadic

#53B696 #9653B6 #B69653

tetradic

#53B696 #6553B6 #B65373 #A5B653

square

#53B696 #6553B6 #B65373 #A5B653

split-complementary

#53B696 #B653A5 #B66553

monochromatic

#2A6451 #3D8F74 #53B696 #7EC8B0 #A9DACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#53B696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#53B696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B696

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B696	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AB94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A098

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 182, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.105 169.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bccb4',
    500: '#53b696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b696;
$custom-light: #8bccb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.606,
    "s": 40.408,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7079,
    "c": 0.10523,
    "h": 169.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B696

secondary

#C89DAB

accent

#587FD0

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B696

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

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