#53B697#53B697

#53B697 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.105 H 170.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B697
RGB	rgb(83, 182, 151)
HSL	hsl(161, 40%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(161, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 0%, 17%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.67, -36.58, 7.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.67, 37.25, 169.08°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% -0.103 0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.105 170.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.8786, 37.5269, 35.1518)
Luminance	0.3753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B697 #B65372

analogous

#53B666 #53B697 #53A4B6

triadic

#53B697 #9753B6 #B69753

tetradic

#53B697 #6653B6 #B65372 #A4B653

square

#53B697 #6653B6 #B65372 #A4B653

split-complementary

#53B697 #B653A4 #B66653

monochromatic

#2A6452 #3D8F75 #53B697 #7EC8B1 #A9DACB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#53B697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#53B697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B697

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B697	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AB95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 182, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.105 170.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bccb5',
    500: '#53b697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b697;
$custom-light: #8bccb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.212,
    "s": 40.408,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70818,
    "c": 0.10454,
    "h": 170.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B697

secondary

#C89DAA

accent

#587DD0

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B697

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

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