#53BC99#53BC99

#53BC99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.111 H 168.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BC99
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 153)
HSL	hsl(160, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(160, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 0%, 18.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, -38.83, 8.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 39.78, 167.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% -0.1087 0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.111 168.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.2976, 40.1028, 36.4329)
Luminance	0.4011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BC99 #BC5376

analogous

#53BC64 #53BC99 #53AABC

triadic

#53BC99 #9953BC #BC9953

tetradic

#53BC99 #6453BC #BC5376 #AABC53

square

#53BC99 #6453BC #BC5376 #AABC53

split-complementary

#53BC99 #BC53AA #BC6453

monochromatic

#2A6B55 #3B9778 #53BC99 #7FCDB3 #ABDECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#53BC99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#53BC99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BC99

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BC99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BC99	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B197

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A59B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1EBDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bc99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.111 168.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd1b7',
    500: '#53bc99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bc99;
$custom-light: #8cd1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bc99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72357,
    "c": 0.11098,
    "h": 168.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BC99

secondary

#CC9FAE

accent

#547FD4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BC99

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

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