#53BC9D#53BC9D

#53BC9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.108 H 171.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BC9D
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 157)
HSL	hsl(162, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(162, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 0%, 16.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, -37.89, 6.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 38.46, 170.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.1069 0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.108 171.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.6335, 40.2371, 38.2020)
Luminance	0.4024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BC9D #BC5372

analogous

#53BC68 #53BC9D #53A6BC

triadic

#53BC9D #9D53BC #BC9D53

tetradic

#53BC9D #6853BC #BC5372 #A6BC53

square

#53BC9D #6853BC #BC5372 #A6BC53

split-complementary

#53BC9D #BC53A6 #BC6853

monochromatic

#2A6B58 #3B977C #53BC9D #7FCDB6 #ABDECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#53BC9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#53BC9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BC9D

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BC9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BC9D	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B19C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A59F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19BDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bc9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.108 171.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd1b9',
    500: '#53bc9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bc9d;
$custom-light: #8cd1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bc9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.286,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72466,
    "c": 0.10822,
    "h": 171.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BC9D

secondary

#CC9FAC

accent

#547AD4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BC9D

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

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