#53BAA8#53BAA8

#53BAA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.100 H 180.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BAA8
RGB	rgb(83, 186, 168)
HSL	hsl(170, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(170, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 0%, 9.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, -34.28, 0.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 34.28, 179.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.0996 -0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.1 180.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.1909, 39.7813, 43.2311)
Luminance	0.3978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BAA8 #BA5365

analogous

#53BA75 #53BAA8 #5398BA

triadic

#53BAA8 #A853BA #BAA853

tetradic

#53BAA8 #7553BA #BA5365 #98BA53

square

#53BAA8 #7553BA #BA5365 #98BA53

split-complementary

#53BAA8 #BA5398 #BA7553

monochromatic

#2A695E #3B9485 #53BAA8 #7FCCBE #AADDD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#53BAA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#53BAA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BAA8

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BAA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BAA8	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B0A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A4AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#03BDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53baa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 186, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.100 180.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccfc1',
    500: '#53baa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53baa8;
$custom-light: #8ccfc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53baa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.515,
    "s": 42.739,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72295,
    "c": 0.09965,
    "h": 180.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BAA8

secondary

#CB9EA6

accent

#556BD3

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BAA8

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

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