#53B896#53B896

#53B896 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.108 H 168.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B896
RGB	rgb(83, 184, 150)
HSL	hsl(160, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(160, 55%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 0%, 18.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.26, -37.72, 8.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.26, 38.66, 167.38°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% -0.1057 0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.108 168.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.2102, 38.3196, 34.8634)
Luminance	0.3832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B896 #B85375

analogous

#53B864 #53B896 #53A8B8

triadic

#53B896 #9653B8 #B89653

tetradic

#53B896 #6453B8 #B85375 #A8B853

square

#53B896 #6453B8 #B85375 #A8B853

split-complementary

#53B896 #B853A8 #B86453

monochromatic

#2A6652 #3C9275 #53B896 #7ECAB0 #AADCCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#53B896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#53B896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B896

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B896	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AD94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A298

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 184, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.108 168.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bceb4',
    500: '#53b896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b896;
$custom-light: #8bceb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.802,
    "s": 41.564,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71286,
    "c": 0.10787,
    "h": 168.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B896

secondary

#C99DAC

accent

#5680D1

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B896

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

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