#53B8A0#53B8A0

#53B8A0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.101 H 175.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B8A0
RGB	rgb(83, 184, 160)
HSL	hsl(166, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(166, 55%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 0%, 13%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.50, -35.34, 3.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.50, 35.50, 174.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% -0.1011 0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.101 175.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.0501, 38.6555, 39.2866)
Luminance	0.3866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B8A0 #B8536B

analogous

#53B86E #53B8A0 #539DB8

triadic

#53B8A0 #A053B8 #B8A053

tetradic

#53B8A0 #6E53B8 #B8536B #9DB853

square

#53B8A0 #6E53B8 #B8536B #9DB853

split-complementary

#53B8A0 #B8539D #B86E53

monochromatic

#2A6658 #3C927D #53B8A0 #7ECAB8 #AADCD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#53B8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#53B8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B8A0

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B8A0	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AE9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A2A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18BAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 184, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.101 175.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccebc',
    500: '#53b8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b8a0;
$custom-light: #8ccebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.743,
    "s": 41.564,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71567,
    "c": 0.1014,
    "h": 175.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B8A0

secondary

#C99DA8

accent

#5674D1

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B8A0

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

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