#53BB9F#53BB9F

#53BB9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.106 H 172.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BB9F
RGB	rgb(83, 187, 159)
HSL	hsl(164, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(164, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 0%, 15%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, -36.96, 5.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 37.32, 172.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% -0.1049 0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.106 172.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.5927, 39.8802, 39.0377)
Luminance	0.3988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BB9F #BB536F

analogous

#53BB6B #53BB9F #53A3BB

triadic

#53BB9F #9F53BB #BB9F53

tetradic

#53BB9F #6B53BB #BB536F #A3BB53

square

#53BB9F #6B53BB #BB536F #A3BB53

split-complementary

#53BB9F #BB53A3 #BB6B53

monochromatic

#2A6A59 #3B967D #53BB9F #7FCCB7 #ABDED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#53BB9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#53BB9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BB9F

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BB9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BB9F	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B09E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A5A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#17BDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bb9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 187, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.106 172.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd0bb',
    500: '#53bb9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bb9f;
$custom-light: #8cd0bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bb9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.846,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72276,
    "c": 0.10567,
    "h": 172.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BB9F

secondary

#CB9EAB

accent

#5577D3

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BB9F

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

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