#53B79D#53B79D

#53B79D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.102 H 173.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B79D
RGB	rgb(83, 183, 157)
HSL	hsl(164, 41%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(164, 55%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 0%, 14.2%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.12, -35.61, 4.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.12, 35.88, 172.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% -0.1013 0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.102 173.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.5838, 38.1378, 37.8522)
Luminance	0.3814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B79D #B7536D

analogous

#53B76B #53B79D #539FB7

triadic

#53B79D #9D53B7 #B79D53

tetradic

#53B79D #6B53B7 #B7536D #9FB753

square

#53B79D #6B53B7 #B7536D #9FB753

split-complementary

#53B79D #B7539F #B76B53

monochromatic

#2A6556 #3C907B #53B79D #7EC9B6 #A9DBCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#53B79D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#53B79D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B79D

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B79D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B79D	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AD9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A19F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b79d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 183, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.102 173.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccdb9',
    500: '#53b79d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b79d;
$custom-light: #8ccdb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b79d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.4,
    "s": 40.984,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71234,
    "c": 0.10193,
    "h": 173.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B79D

secondary

#C99DA8

accent

#5777D1

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B79D

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

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