#53B79F#53B79F

#53B79F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.101 H 175.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B79F
RGB	rgb(83, 183, 159)
HSL	hsl(166, 41%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(166, 55%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 0%, 13.1%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, -35.12, 3.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 35.28, 174.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% -0.1004 0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.101 175.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.7560, 38.2067, 38.7588)
Luminance	0.3821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B79F #B7536B

analogous

#53B76D #53B79F #539DB7

triadic

#53B79F #9F53B7 #B79F53

tetradic

#53B79F #6D53B7 #B7536B #9DB753

square

#53B79F #6D53B7 #B7536B #9DB753

split-complementary

#53B79F #B7539D #B76D53

monochromatic

#2A6557 #3C907C #53B79F #7EC9B7 #A9DBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#53B79F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#53B79F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B79F

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B79F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B79F	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AD9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A2A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1AB9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b79f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 183, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.101 175.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccdbb',
    500: '#53b79f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b79f;
$custom-light: #8ccdbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b79f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.6,
    "s": 40.984,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71292,
    "c": 0.10076,
    "h": 175.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B79F

secondary

#C99DA8

accent

#5774D1

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B79F

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

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