#53BA99#53BA99

#53BA99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.108 H 169.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BA99
RGB	rgb(83, 186, 153)
HSL	hsl(161, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(161, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 0%, 17.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, -37.93, 7.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 38.72, 168.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% -0.1065 0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.108 169.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.8733, 39.2542, 36.2914)
Luminance	0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BA99 #BA5374

analogous

#53BA65 #53BA99 #53A7BA

triadic

#53BA99 #9953BA #BA9953

tetradic

#53BA99 #6553BA #BA5374 #A7BA53

square

#53BA99 #6553BA #BA5374 #A7BA53

split-complementary

#53BA99 #BA53A7 #BA6553

monochromatic

#2A6955 #3B9478 #53BA99 #7FCCB3 #AADDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#53BA99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#53BA99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BA99

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BA99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BA99	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AF97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A49B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FBBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53ba99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 186, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.108 169.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccfb7',
    500: '#53ba99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53ba99;
$custom-light: #8ccfb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53ba99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.777,
    "s": 42.739,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71862,
    "c": 0.10836,
    "h": 169.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BA99

secondary

#CB9EAC

accent

#557DD3

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BA99

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

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