#53B79C#53B79C

#53B79C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.103 H 173.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B79C
RGB	rgb(83, 183, 156)
HSL	hsl(164, 41%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(164, 55%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 0%, 14.8%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.10, -35.85, 4.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.10, 36.19, 172.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% -0.1018 0.0125)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.103 173)
XYZ	xyz(26.4988, 38.1038, 37.4044)
Luminance	0.3811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B79C #B7536E

analogous

#53B76A #53B79C #53A0B7

triadic

#53B79C #9C53B7 #B79C53

tetradic

#53B79C #6A53B7 #B7536E #A0B753

square

#53B79C #6A53B7 #B7536E #A0B753

split-complementary

#53B79C #B753A0 #B76A53

monochromatic

#2A6555 #3C907A #53B79C #7EC9B5 #A9DBCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#53B79C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#53B79C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B79C

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B79C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B79C	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AD9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A19E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1EB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b79c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 183, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.103 173.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccdb9',
    500: '#53b79c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b79c;
$custom-light: #8ccdb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b79c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.8,
    "s": 40.984,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71205,
    "c": 0.10254,
    "h": 173
  },
  "luminance": 0.38106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B79C

secondary

#C99DA9

accent

#5778D1

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B79C

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

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