#53B796#53B796

#53B796 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.107 H 168.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B796
RGB	rgb(83, 183, 150)
HSL	hsl(160, 41%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(160, 55%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 0%, 18%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.95, -37.27, 8.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.95, 38.12, 167.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% -0.1046 0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.107 168.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.0032, 37.9056, 34.7944)
Luminance	0.3791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B796 #B75374

analogous

#53B764 #53B796 #53A6B7

triadic

#53B796 #9653B7 #B79653

tetradic

#53B796 #6453B7 #B75374 #A6B753

square

#53B796 #6453B7 #B75374 #A6B753

split-complementary

#53B796 #B753A6 #B76453

monochromatic

#2A6552 #3C9075 #53B796 #7EC9B0 #A9DBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#53B796 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#53B796 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B796

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B796	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B796	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AC94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A198

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b796;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 183, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.107 168.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcdb4',
    500: '#53b796',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b796;
$custom-light: #8bcdb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b796",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.2,
    "s": 40.984,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71038,
    "c": 0.10655,
    "h": 168.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B796

secondary

#C99DAB

accent

#577FD1

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B796

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

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