#53BC98#53BC98

#53BC98 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.112 H 167.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BC98
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 152)
HSL	hsl(159, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(159, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 0%, 19.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.52, -39.06, 9.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.52, 40.12, 166.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% -0.1092 0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.112 167.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.2153, 40.0699, 35.9997)
Luminance	0.4007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BC98 #BC5377

analogous

#53BC63 #53BC98 #53ABBC

triadic

#53BC98 #9853BC #BC9853

tetradic

#53BC98 #6353BC #BC5377 #ABBC53

square

#53BC98 #6353BC #BC5377 #ABBC53

split-complementary

#53BC98 #BC53AB #BC6353

monochromatic

#2A6B55 #3B9777 #53BC98 #7FCDB2 #ABDECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#53BC98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#53BC98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BC98

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BC98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BC98	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B096

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A59A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FBDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bc98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.112 167.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd1b6',
    500: '#53bc98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bc98;
$custom-light: #8cd1b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bc98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.429,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7233,
    "c": 0.1117,
    "h": 167.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BC98

secondary

#CC9FAE

accent

#5480D4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BC98

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

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