#53BE99#53BE99

#53BE99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.114 H 167.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BE99
RGB	rgb(83, 190, 153)
HSL	hsl(159, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(159, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 0%, 19.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.15, -39.73, 9.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.15, 40.85, 166.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.111 0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.114 167.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.7278, 40.9632, 36.5763)
Luminance	0.4097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BE99 #BE5378

analogous

#53BE63 #53BE99 #53AEBE

triadic

#53BE99 #9953BE #BE9953

tetradic

#53BE99 #6353BE #BE5378 #AEBE53

square

#53BE99 #6353BE #BE5378 #AEBE53

split-complementary

#53BE99 #BE53AE #BE6353

monochromatic

#296D56 #3A9A79 #53BE99 #7FCFB3 #ACE0CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#53BE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#53BE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BE99

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BE99	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB297

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA79B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DBFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53be99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 190, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.114 167.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd2b7',
    500: '#53be99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53be99;
$custom-light: #8cd2b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53be99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.252,
    "s": 45.148,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72851,
    "c": 0.1136,
    "h": 167.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BE99

secondary

#CD9FAF

accent

#5380D5

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BE99

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

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