#53B8A8#53B8A8

#53B8A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.097 H 181.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B8A8
RGB	rgb(83, 184, 168)
HSL	hsl(170, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(170, 55%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 0%, 8.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, -33.34, -0.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 33.35, 181.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.81% -0.0974 -0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(71.81% 0.097 181.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.7725, 38.9445, 43.0916)
Luminance	0.3895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B8A8 #B85363

analogous

#53B876 #53B8A8 #5396B8

triadic

#53B8A8 #A853B8 #B8A853

tetradic

#53B8A8 #7653B8 #B85363 #96B853

square

#53B8A8 #7653B8 #B85363 #96B853

split-complementary

#53B8A8 #B85396 #B87653

monochromatic

#2A665D #3C9284 #53B8A8 #7ECABE #AADCD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#53B8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#53B8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B8A8

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B8A8	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AEA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A3A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#06BBB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 184, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.097 181.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccec1',
    500: '#53b8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b8a8;
$custom-light: #8ccec1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.495,
    "s": 41.564,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71807,
    "c": 0.09747,
    "h": 181.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B8A8

secondary

#C99DA4

accent

#566AD1

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B8A8

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

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