#53BB9E#53BB9E

#53BB9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.106 H 172.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BB9E
RGB	rgb(83, 187, 158)
HSL	hsl(163, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(163, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 0%, 15.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.36, -37.20, 5.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.36, 37.63, 171.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% -0.1053 0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.106 172.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.5063, 39.8457, 38.5826)
Luminance	0.3985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BB9E #BB5370

analogous

#53BB6A #53BB9E #53A4BB

triadic

#53BB9E #9E53BB #BB9E53

tetradic

#53BB9E #6A53BB #BB5370 #A4BB53

square

#53BB9E #6A53BB #BB5370 #A4BB53

split-complementary

#53BB9E #BB53A4 #BB6A53

monochromatic

#2A6A58 #3B967C #53BB9E #7FCCB7 #ABDECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#53BB9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#53BB9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BB9E

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BB9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BB9E	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B09D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A5A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bb9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 187, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.106 172.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd0ba',
    500: '#53bb9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bb9e;
$custom-light: #8cd0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bb9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.269,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72247,
    "c": 0.1063,
    "h": 172.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BB9E

secondary

#CB9EAB

accent

#5578D3

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BB9E

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

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