#53BB9D#53BB9D

#53BB9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.107 H 171.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BB9D
RGB	rgb(83, 187, 157)
HSL	hsl(163, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(163, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 0%, 16%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, -37.44, 6.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 37.94, 170.66°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% -0.1058 0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.107 171.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.4206, 39.8114, 38.1311)
Luminance	0.3981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BB9D #BB5371

analogous

#53BB69 #53BB9D #53A5BB

triadic

#53BB9D #9D53BB #BB9D53

tetradic

#53BB9D #6953BB #BB5371 #A5BB53

square

#53BB9D #6953BB #BB5371 #A5BB53

split-complementary

#53BB9D #BB53A5 #BB6953

monochromatic

#2A6A57 #3B967C #53BB9D #7FCCB6 #ABDECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#53BB9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#53BB9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BB9D

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BB9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BB9D	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B09C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A59F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1ABCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bb9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 187, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.107 171.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd0b9',
    500: '#53bb9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bb9d;
$custom-light: #8cd0b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bb9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.692,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72219,
    "c": 0.10695,
    "h": 171.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BB9D

secondary

#CB9EAB

accent

#5579D3

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BB9D

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

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