#53B99E#53B99E

#53B99E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.104 H 173.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B99E
RGB	rgb(83, 185, 158)
HSL	hsl(164, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(164, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 0%, 14.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, -36.29, 4.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 36.60, 172.51°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% -0.1031 0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.104 173.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0850, 39.0030, 38.4421)
Luminance	0.3901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B99E #B9536E

analogous

#53B96B #53B99E #53A1B9

triadic

#53B99E #9E53B9 #B99E53

tetradic

#53B99E #6B53B9 #B9536E #A1B953

square

#53B99E #6B53B9 #B9536E #A1B953

split-complementary

#53B99E #B953A1 #B96B53

monochromatic

#2A6757 #3C937C #53B99E #7ECBB7 #AADCCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#53B99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#53B99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B99E

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B99E	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AE9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A3A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1ABBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 185, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.104 173.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cceba',
    500: '#53b99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b99e;
$custom-light: #8cceba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.118,
    "s": 42.149,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71755,
    "c": 0.1038,
    "h": 173.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B99E

secondary

#CA9EA9

accent

#5677D2

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B99E

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

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