#53BB97#53BB97

#53BB97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.111 H 167.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BB97
RGB	rgb(83, 187, 151)
HSL	hsl(159, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(159, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 0%, 19.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, -38.84, 9.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 39.93, 166.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% -0.1086 0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.111 167.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.9209, 39.6115, 35.4992)
Luminance	0.3961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BB97 #BB5377

analogous

#53BB63 #53BB97 #53ABBB

triadic

#53BB97 #9753BB #BB9753

tetradic

#53BB97 #6353BB #BB5377 #ABBB53

square

#53BB97 #6353BB #BB5377 #ABBB53

split-complementary

#53BB97 #BB53AB #BB6353

monochromatic

#2A6A54 #3B9676 #53BB97 #7FCCB2 #ABDECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#53BB97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#53BB97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BB97

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BB97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BB97	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	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)

#B7AF95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bb97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 187, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.111 167.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd0b5',
    500: '#53bb97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bb97;
$custom-light: #8cd0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bb97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.231,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72056,
    "c": 0.11111,
    "h": 167.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BB97

secondary

#CB9EAE

accent

#5580D3

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BB97

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

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