#53B8A2#53B8A2

#53B8A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.100 H 176.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B8A2
RGB	rgb(83, 184, 162)
HSL	hsl(167, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(167, 55%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 0%, 12%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, -34.85, 2.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 34.92, 176.25°)
OKLab	oklab(71.63% -0.1001 0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(71.63% 0.1 176.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.2264, 38.7261, 40.2155)
Luminance	0.3873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B8A2 #B85369

analogous

#53B870 #53B8A2 #539BB8

triadic

#53B8A2 #A253B8 #B8A253

tetradic

#53B8A2 #7053B8 #B85369 #9BB853

square

#53B8A2 #7053B8 #B85369 #9BB853

split-complementary

#53B8A2 #B8539B #B87053

monochromatic

#2A6659 #3C927F #53B8A2 #7ECAB9 #AADCD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#53B8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#53B8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B8A2

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B8A2	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AEA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A2A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14BAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 184, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.100 176.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccebd',
    500: '#53b8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b8a2;
$custom-light: #8ccebd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.931,
    "s": 41.564,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71625,
    "c": 0.1003,
    "h": 176.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B8A2

secondary

#C99DA7

accent

#5671D1

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B8A2

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

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