#53C596#53C596

#53C596 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.125 H 163.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C596
RGB	rgb(83, 197, 150)
HSL	hsl(155, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(155, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 0%, 23.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.21, -43.47, 14.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.21, 45.68, 162.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% -0.12 0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.125 163.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.0358, 43.9707, 35.8053)
Luminance	0.4397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C596 #C55382

analogous

#53C55D #53C596 #53BBC5

triadic

#53C596 #9653C5 #C59653

tetradic

#53C596 #5D53C5 #C55382 #BBC553

square

#53C596 #5D53C5 #C55382 #BBC553

split-complementary

#53C596 #C553BB #C55D53

monochromatic

#287656 #37A477 #53C596 #81D4B2 #AFE4CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#53C596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#53C596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C596

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C596	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B893

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AC99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BC5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 197, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.125 163.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd7b5',
    500: '#53c596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c596;
$custom-light: #8dd7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.263,
    "s": 49.565,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74508,
    "c": 0.12526,
    "h": 163.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C596

secondary

#D2A2B6

accent

#4F88D9

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C596

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

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