#53B799#53B799

#53B799 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.104 H 170.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B799
RGB	rgb(83, 183, 153)
HSL	hsl(162, 41%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(162, 55%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 0%, 16.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, -36.57, 6.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 37.13, 169.97°)
OKLab	oklab(71.12% -0.1032 0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(71.12% 0.104 170.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.2479, 38.0035, 36.0830)
Luminance	0.3801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B799 #B75371

analogous

#53B767 #53B799 #53A3B7

triadic

#53B799 #9953B7 #B79953

tetradic

#53B799 #6753B7 #B75371 #A3B753

square

#53B799 #6753B7 #B75371 #A3B753

split-complementary

#53B799 #B753A3 #B76753

monochromatic

#2A6554 #3C9077 #53B799 #7EC9B3 #A9DBCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#53B799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#53B799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B799

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B799	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AC98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A19B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21B8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 183, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.104 170.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcdb7',
    500: '#53b799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b799;
$custom-light: #8bcdb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162,
    "s": 40.984,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71121,
    "c": 0.10448,
    "h": 170.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B799

secondary

#C99DAA

accent

#577CD1

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B799

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

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