#53C599#53C599

#53C599 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.123 H 164.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C599
RGB	rgb(83, 197, 153)
HSL	hsl(157, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(157, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 0%, 22.3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.27, -42.80, 12.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.27, 44.60, 163.70°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% -0.1186 0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.123 164.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.2805, 44.0686, 37.0938)
Luminance	0.4407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C599 #C5537F

analogous

#53C560 #53C599 #53B8C5

triadic

#53C599 #9953C5 #C59953

tetradic

#53C599 #6053C5 #C5537F #B8C553

square

#53C599 #6053C5 #C5537F #B8C553

split-complementary

#53C599 #C553B8 #C56053

monochromatic

#287658 #37A47A #53C599 #81D4B4 #AFE4CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#53C599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#53C599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C599

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C599	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B897

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AC9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#17C5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 197, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.123 164.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd7b7',
    500: '#53c599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c599;
$custom-light: #8dd7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.842,
    "s": 49.565,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74583,
    "c": 0.12286,
    "h": 164.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C599

secondary

#D2A2B4

accent

#4F84D9

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C599

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

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