#53BC8B#53BC8B

#53BC8B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.122 H 160.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BC8B
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 139)
HSL	hsl(152, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(152, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 0%, 26.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, -41.94, 15.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 44.82, 159.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72% -0.1153 0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.122 160.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.2084, 39.6671, 30.6965)
Luminance	0.3967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BC8B #BC5384

analogous

#53BC56 #53BC8B #53B8BC

triadic

#53BC8B #8B53BC #BC8B53

tetradic

#53BC8B #5653BC #BC5384 #B8BC53

square

#53BC8B #5653BC #BC5384 #B8BC53

split-complementary

#53BC8B #BC53B8 #BC5653

monochromatic

#2A6B4C #3B976C #53BC8B #7FCDA9 #ABDEC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#53BC8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#53BC8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BC8B

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BC8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BC8B	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAF88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA58E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BBBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bc8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.122 160.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd1ad',
    500: '#53bc8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bc8b;
$custom-light: #8cd1ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bc8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72001,
    "c": 0.12212,
    "h": 160.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BC8B

secondary

#CC9FB4

accent

#5490D4

background

#F9FCFA

surface

#F1F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0D1410

muted

#7E827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BC8B

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

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