#53BC8F#53BC8F

#53BC8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.119 H 162.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BC8F
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 143)
HSL	hsl(154, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(154, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 0%, 23.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, -41.08, 13.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 43.32, 161.48°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.1134 0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.119 162.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.5060, 39.7861, 32.2639)
Luminance	0.3979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BC8F #BC5380

analogous

#53BC5A #53BC8F #53B4BC

triadic

#53BC8F #8F53BC #BC8F53

tetradic

#53BC8F #5A53BC #BC5380 #B4BC53

square

#53BC8F #5A53BC #BC5380 #B4BC53

split-complementary

#53BC8F #BC53B4 #BC5A53

monochromatic

#2A6B4F #3B976F #53BC8F #7FCDAC #ABDEC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#53BC8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#53BC8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BC8F

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BC8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BC8F	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)

#B9B08D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA592

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28BCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bc8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.119 162.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd1af',
    500: '#53bc8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bc8f;
$custom-light: #8cd1af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bc8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.286,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72098,
    "c": 0.11874,
    "h": 162.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BC8F

secondary

#CC9FB2

accent

#548BD4

background

#F9FCFA

surface

#F1F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0D1410

muted

#7E827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BC8F

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

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