#53BD9F#53BD9F

#53BD9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.108 H 171.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BD9F
RGB	rgb(83, 189, 159)
HSL	hsl(163, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(163, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 0%, 15.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, -37.87, 6.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 38.35, 170.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% -0.1071 0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.108 171.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.0200, 40.7347, 39.1801)
Luminance	0.4074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BD9F #BD5371

analogous

#53BD6A #53BD9F #53A6BD

triadic

#53BD9F #9F53BD #BD9F53

tetradic

#53BD9F #6A53BD #BD5371 #A6BD53

square

#53BD9F #6A53BD #BD5371 #A6BD53

split-complementary

#53BD9F #BD53A6 #BD6A53

monochromatic

#296C59 #3A987E #53BD9F #7FCEB8 #ABDFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#53BD9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#53BD9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BD9F

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BD9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BD9F	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B29E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A6A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bd9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 189, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.108 171.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd1bb',
    500: '#53bd9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bd9f;
$custom-light: #8cd1bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bd9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.019,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72768,
    "c": 0.10816,
    "h": 171.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BD9F

secondary

#CD9FAC

accent

#5478D4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BD9F

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

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