#53B89F#53B89F

#53B89F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.102 H 174.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B89F
RGB	rgb(83, 184, 159)
HSL	hsl(165, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(165, 55%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 0%, 13.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, -35.59, 3.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 35.79, 173.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% -0.1015 0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.102 174.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.9630, 38.6207, 38.8278)
Luminance	0.3862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B89F #B8536C

analogous

#53B86D #53B89F #539EB8

triadic

#53B89F #9F53B8 #B89F53

tetradic

#53B89F #6D53B8 #B8536C #9EB853

square

#53B89F #6D53B8 #B8536C #9EB853

split-complementary

#53B89F #B8539E #B86D53

monochromatic

#2A6657 #3C927C #53B89F #7ECAB7 #AADCCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#53B89F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#53B89F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B89F

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B89F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B89F	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AE9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A2A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19BAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b89f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 184, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.102 174.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccebb',
    500: '#53b89f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b89f;
$custom-light: #8ccebb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b89f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.149,
    "s": 41.564,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71538,
    "c": 0.10198,
    "h": 174.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B89F

secondary

#C99DA8

accent

#5675D1

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B89F

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

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