#53B899#53B899

#53B899 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.106 H 170.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B899
RGB	rgb(83, 184, 153)
HSL	hsl(162, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(162, 55%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 0%, 16.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, -37.02, 6.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 37.66, 169.44°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% -0.1043 0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.106 170.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.4549, 38.4174, 36.1520)
Luminance	0.3842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B899 #B85372

analogous

#53B866 #53B899 #53A5B8

triadic

#53B899 #9953B8 #B89953

tetradic

#53B899 #6653B8 #B85372 #A5B853

square

#53B899 #6653B8 #B85372 #A5B853

split-complementary

#53B899 #B853A5 #B86653

monochromatic

#2A6654 #3C9277 #53B899 #7ECAB3 #AADCCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#53B899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#53B899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B899

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B899	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AD97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A29B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 184, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.106 170.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cceb7',
    500: '#53b899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b899;
$custom-light: #8cceb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.584,
    "s": 41.564,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71368,
    "c": 0.10577,
    "h": 170.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B899

secondary

#C99DAB

accent

#567CD1

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B899

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

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