#53B89D#53B89D

#53B89D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.103 H 173.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B89D
RGB	rgb(83, 184, 157)
HSL	hsl(164, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(164, 55%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 0%, 14.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.43, -36.07, 4.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.43, 36.39, 172.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% -0.1024 0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.103 173.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.7908, 38.5518, 37.9211)
Luminance	0.3855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B89D #B8536E

analogous

#53B86A #53B89D #53A1B8

triadic

#53B89D #9D53B8 #B89D53

tetradic

#53B89D #6A53B8 #B8536E #A1B853

square

#53B89D #6A53B8 #B8536E #A1B853

split-complementary

#53B89D #B853A1 #B86A53

monochromatic

#2A6656 #3C927B #53B89D #7ECAB6 #AADCCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#53B89D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#53B89D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B89D

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B89D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B89D	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AD9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A29F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1CBAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b89d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 184, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.103 173.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cceb9',
    500: '#53b89d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b89d;
$custom-light: #8cceb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b89d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.96,
    "s": 41.564,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7148,
    "c": 0.10317,
    "h": 173.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B89D

secondary

#C99DA9

accent

#5677D1

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B89D

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

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