#53BD99#53BD99

#53BD99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.112 H 168.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BD99
RGB	rgb(83, 189, 153)
HSL	hsl(160, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(160, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 0%, 19%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, -39.28, 9.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 40.31, 167.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% -0.1098 0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.112 168.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.5119, 40.5315, 36.5043)
Luminance	0.4053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BD99 #BD5377

analogous

#53BD64 #53BD99 #53ACBD

triadic

#53BD99 #9953BD #BD9953

tetradic

#53BD99 #6453BD #BD5377 #ACBD53

square

#53BD99 #6453BD #BD5377 #ACBD53

split-complementary

#53BD99 #BD53AC #BD6453

monochromatic

#296C55 #3A9878 #53BD99 #7FCEB3 #ABDFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#53BD99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#53BD99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BD99

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BD99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BD99	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B197

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A69B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DBEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bd99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 189, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.112 168.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd1b7',
    500: '#53bd99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bd99;
$custom-light: #8cd1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bd99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.623,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72604,
    "c": 0.11228,
    "h": 168.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BD99

secondary

#CD9FAF

accent

#547FD4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BD99

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

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