#53B992#53B992

#53B992 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.112 H 165.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B992
RGB	rgb(83, 185, 146)
HSL	hsl(157, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(157, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 0%, 21.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, -39.09, 10.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 40.59, 164.37°)
OKLab	oklab(71.43% -0.1087 0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(71.43% 0.112 165.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.1021, 38.6098, 33.2655)
Luminance	0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B992 #B9537A

analogous

#53B95F #53B992 #53ADB9

triadic

#53B992 #9253B9 #B99253

tetradic

#53B992 #5F53B9 #B9537A #ADB953

square

#53B992 #5F53B9 #B9537A #ADB953

split-complementary

#53B992 #B953AD #B95F53

monochromatic

#2A6750 #3C9372 #53B992 #7ECBAE #AADCC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#53B992 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#53B992 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B992

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B992	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B992	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)

#B6AD90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A394

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b992;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 185, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.112 165.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cceb2',
    500: '#53b992',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b992;
$custom-light: #8cceb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b992",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.059,
    "s": 42.149,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71428,
    "c": 0.11221,
    "h": 165.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B992

secondary

#CA9EAF

accent

#5685D2

background

#F9FCFA

surface

#F1F9F5

border

#CBD2CF

text

#0D1410

muted

#7E827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B992

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

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