#53B889#53B889

#53B889 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.118 H 160.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B889
RGB	rgb(83, 184, 137)
HSL	hsl(152, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(152, 55%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 0%, 25.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.96, -40.62, 15.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.96, 43.34, 159.57°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% -0.1117 0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.118 160.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.2209, 37.9238, 29.6530)
Luminance	0.3793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B889 #B85382

analogous

#53B856 #53B889 #53B5B8

triadic

#53B889 #8953B8 #B88953

tetradic

#53B889 #5653B8 #B85382 #B5B853

square

#53B889 #5653B8 #B85382 #B5B853

split-complementary

#53B889 #B853B5 #B85653

monochromatic

#2A664A #3C926A #53B889 #7ECAA7 #AADCC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#53B889 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#53B889 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B889

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B889	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B889	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6AC86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A18C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2EB7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b889;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 184, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.118 160.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bceab',
    500: '#53b889',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b889;
$custom-light: #8bceab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b889",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.079,
    "s": 41.564,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70953,
    "c": 0.11823,
    "h": 160.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B889

secondary

#C99DB2

accent

#5690D1

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0D1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B889

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

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