#53B79E#53B79E

#53B79E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.101 H 174.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B79E
RGB	rgb(83, 183, 158)
HSL	hsl(165, 41%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(165, 55%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 0%, 13.7%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.15, -35.37, 3.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.15, 35.58, 173.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% -0.1009 0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.101 174.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.6695, 38.1721, 38.3036)
Luminance	0.3817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B79E #B7536C

analogous

#53B76C #53B79E #539EB7

triadic

#53B79E #9E53B7 #B79E53

tetradic

#53B79E #6C53B7 #B7536C #9EB753

square

#53B79E #6C53B7 #B7536C #9EB753

split-complementary

#53B79E #B7539E #B76C53

monochromatic

#2A6557 #3C907B #53B79E #7EC9B6 #A9DBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#53B79E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#53B79E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B79E

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B79E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B79E	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)

#B1AD9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A2A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BB9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b79e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 183, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.101 174.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccdba',
    500: '#53b79e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b79e;
$custom-light: #8ccdba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b79e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 40.984,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71263,
    "c": 0.10133,
    "h": 174.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B79E

secondary

#C99DA8

accent

#5775D1

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B79E

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

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