#53BB99#53BB99

#53BB99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.110 H 169.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BB99
RGB	rgb(83, 187, 153)
HSL	hsl(160, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(160, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 0%, 18.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, -38.38, 8.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 39.25, 167.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% -0.1076 0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.11 169)
XYZ	xyz(27.0847, 39.6770, 36.3619)
Luminance	0.3968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BB99 #BB5375

analogous

#53BB65 #53BB99 #53A9BB

triadic

#53BB99 #9953BB #BB9953

tetradic

#53BB99 #6553BB #BB5375 #A9BB53

square

#53BB99 #6553BB #BB5375 #A9BB53

split-complementary

#53BB99 #BB53A9 #BB6553

monochromatic

#2A6A55 #3B9678 #53BB99 #7FCCB3 #ABDECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#53BB99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#53BB99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BB99

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BB99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BB99	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B097

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A49B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FBCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bb99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 187, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.110 169.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd0b7',
    500: '#53bb99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bb99;
$custom-light: #8cd0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bb99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.385,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72109,
    "c": 0.10967,
    "h": 169
  },
  "luminance": 0.3968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BB99

secondary

#CB9EAD

accent

#557ED3

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BB99

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

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