#53BC8E#53BC8E

#53BC8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.120 H 162.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BC8E
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 142)
HSL	hsl(154, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(154, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 0%, 24.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, -41.30, 14.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 43.69, 160.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% -0.1139 0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.12 162.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.4306, 39.7560, 31.8668)
Luminance	0.3976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BC8E #BC5381

analogous

#53BC59 #53BC8E #53B6BC

triadic

#53BC8E #8E53BC #BC8E53

tetradic

#53BC8E #5953BC #BC5381 #B6BC53

square

#53BC8E #5953BC #BC5381 #B6BC53

split-complementary

#53BC8E #BC53B6 #BC5953

monochromatic

#2A6B4E #3B976F #53BC8E #7FCDAB #ABDEC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#53BC8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#53BC8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BC8E

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BC8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BC8E	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B08B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA591

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bc8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.120 162.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd1af',
    500: '#53bc8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bc8e;
$custom-light: #8cd1af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bc8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.714,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72073,
    "c": 0.11957,
    "h": 162.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BC8E

secondary

#CC9FB3

accent

#548CD4

background

#F9FCFA

surface

#F1F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0D1410

muted

#7E827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BC8E

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

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