#53BB98#53BB98

#53BB98 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.110 H 168.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BB98
RGB	rgb(83, 187, 152)
HSL	hsl(160, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(160, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 0%, 18.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.22, -38.61, 8.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.22, 39.59, 167.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% -0.1081 0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.11 168.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0024, 39.6441, 35.9288)
Luminance	0.3965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BB98 #BB5376

analogous

#53BB64 #53BB98 #53AABB

triadic

#53BB98 #9853BB #BB9853

tetradic

#53BB98 #6453BB #BB5376 #AABB53

square

#53BB98 #6453BB #BB5376 #AABB53

split-complementary

#53BB98 #BB53AA #BB6453

monochromatic

#2A6A54 #3B9677 #53BB98 #7FCCB2 #ABDECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#53BB98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#53BB98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BB98

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BB98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BB98	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B096

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A49A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bb98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 187, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.110 168.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd0b6',
    500: '#53bb98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bb98;
$custom-light: #8cd0b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bb98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.808,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72082,
    "c": 0.11038,
    "h": 168.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BB98

secondary

#CB9EAE

accent

#557FD3

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BB98

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

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