#53BF9E#53BF9E

#53BF9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.111 H 170.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BF9E
RGB	rgb(83, 191, 158)
HSL	hsl(162, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(162, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 0%, 17.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.57, -39.01, 7.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.57, 39.70, 169.28°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% -0.1097 0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.111 170.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.3667, 41.5665, 38.8694)
Luminance	0.4157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BF9E #BF5374

analogous

#53BF68 #53BF9E #53AABF

triadic

#53BF9E #9E53BF #BF9E53

tetradic

#53BF9E #6853BF #BF5374 #AABF53

square

#53BF9E #6853BF #BF5374 #AABF53

split-complementary

#53BF9E #BF53AA #BF6853

monochromatic

#296E59 #3A9B7D #53BF9E #80D0B7 #ACE0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#53BF9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#53BF9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BF9E

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BF9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BF9E	1.00	2.25	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB39C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA8A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bf9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 191, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.111 170.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd3ba',
    500: '#53bf9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bf9e;
$custom-light: #8dd3ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bf9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.667,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73233,
    "c": 0.11136,
    "h": 170.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BF9E

secondary

#CEA0AE

accent

#527AD5

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BF9E

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

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