#53BE97#53BE97

#53BE97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.115 H 166.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BE97
RGB	rgb(83, 190, 151)
HSL	hsl(158, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(158, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 0%, 20.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.10, -40.18, 10.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.10, 41.54, 165.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.1119 0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.115 166.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.5640, 40.8977, 35.7136)
Luminance	0.4090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BE97 #BE537A

analogous

#53BE61 #53BE97 #53AFBE

triadic

#53BE97 #9753BE #BE9753

tetradic

#53BE97 #6153BE #BE537A #AFBE53

square

#53BE97 #6153BE #BE537A #AFBE53

split-complementary

#53BE97 #BE53AF #BE6153

monochromatic

#296D55 #3A9A77 #53BE97 #7FCFB2 #ACE0CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#53BE97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#53BE97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BE97

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BE97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BE97	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB295

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA79A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FBFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53be97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 190, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.115 166.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd2b5',
    500: '#53be97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53be97;
$custom-light: #8cd2b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53be97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.131,
    "s": 45.148,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72799,
    "c": 0.1151,
    "h": 166.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BE97

secondary

#CD9FB0

accent

#5382D5

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BE97

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

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