#53BD97#53BD97

#53BD97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.114 H 166.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BD97
RGB	rgb(83, 189, 151)
HSL	hsl(158, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(158, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 0%, 20.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, -39.74, 10.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 41.00, 165.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.1108 0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.114 166.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.3481, 40.4660, 35.6417)
Luminance	0.4047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BD97 #BD5379

analogous

#53BD62 #53BD97 #53AEBD

triadic

#53BD97 #9753BD #BD9753

tetradic

#53BD97 #6253BD #BD5379 #AEBD53

square

#53BD97 #6253BD #BD5379 #AEBD53

split-complementary

#53BD97 #BD53AE #BD6253

monochromatic

#296C54 #3A9877 #53BD97 #7FCEB2 #ABDFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#53BD97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#53BD97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BD97

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BD97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BD97	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)

#B9B195

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bd97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 189, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.114 166.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd1b5',
    500: '#53bd97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bd97;
$custom-light: #8cd1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bd97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.491,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72551,
    "c": 0.11376,
    "h": 166.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BD97

secondary

#CD9FAF

accent

#5482D4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BD97

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

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