#53BD96#53BD96

#53BD96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.115 H 166.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BD96
RGB	rgb(83, 189, 150)
HSL	hsl(158, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(158, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 0%, 20.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, -39.96, 10.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 41.35, 165.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.1112 0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.115 166.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.2673, 40.4336, 35.2158)
Luminance	0.4044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BD96 #BD537A

analogous

#53BD61 #53BD96 #53AFBD

triadic

#53BD96 #9653BD #BD9653

tetradic

#53BD96 #6153BD #BD537A #AFBD53

square

#53BD96 #6153BD #BD537A #AFBD53

split-complementary

#53BD96 #BD53AF #BD6153

monochromatic

#296C54 #3A9876 #53BD96 #7FCEB1 #ABDFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#53BD96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#53BD96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BD96

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BD96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BD96	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B194

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bd96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 189, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.115 166.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd1b4',
    500: '#53bd96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bd96;
$custom-light: #8cd1b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bd96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.925,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72525,
    "c": 0.11452,
    "h": 166.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BD96

secondary

#CD9FB0

accent

#5483D4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BD96

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

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