#53BB8E#53BB8E

#53BB8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.118 H 162.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BB8E
RGB	rgb(83, 187, 142)
HSL	hsl(154, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(154, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 0%, 24.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, -40.86, 13.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 43.14, 161.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% -0.1127 0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.118 162.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.2177, 39.3302, 31.7958)
Luminance	0.3933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BB8E #BB5380

analogous

#53BB5A #53BB8E #53B4BB

triadic

#53BB8E #8E53BB #BB8E53

tetradic

#53BB8E #5A53BB #BB5380 #B4BB53

square

#53BB8E #5A53BB #BB5380 #B4BB53

split-complementary

#53BB8E #BB53B4 #BB5A53

monochromatic

#2A6A4E #3B966E #53BB8E #7FCCAB #ABDEC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#53BB8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#53BB8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BB8E

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BB8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BB8E	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AF8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A491

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bb8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 187, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.118 162.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd0af',
    500: '#53bb8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bb8e;
$custom-light: #8cd0af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bb8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.038,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71824,
    "c": 0.11818,
    "h": 162.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BB8E

secondary

#CB9EB2

accent

#558BD3

background

#F9FCFA

surface

#F1F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0D1410

muted

#7E827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BB8E

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

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