#53BB96#53BB96

#53BB96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.112 H 167.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BB96
RGB	rgb(83, 187, 150)
HSL	hsl(159, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(159, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 0%, 19.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -39.07, 9.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 40.27, 166.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% -0.109 0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.112 167.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.8400, 39.5791, 35.0734)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BB96 #BB5378

analogous

#53BB62 #53BB96 #53ACBB

triadic

#53BB96 #9653BB #BB9653

tetradic

#53BB96 #6253BB #BB5378 #ACBB53

square

#53BB96 #6253BB #BB5378 #ACBB53

split-complementary

#53BB96 #BB53AC #BB6253

monochromatic

#2A6A53 #3B9675 #53BB96 #7FCCB1 #ABDECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#53BB96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#53BB96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BB96

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BB96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BB96	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AF94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A498

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22BCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bb96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 187, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.112 167.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd0b4',
    500: '#53bb96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bb96;
$custom-light: #8cd0b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bb96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.654,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72029,
    "c": 0.11185,
    "h": 167.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BB96

secondary

#CB9EAE

accent

#5582D3

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BB96

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

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