#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
RGBrgb(83, 188, 157)
HSLhsl(162, 44%, 53%)
HSVhsv(162, 56%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(55.9%, 0%, 16.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(69.64, -37.89, 6.59)
CIE-LCHlch(69.64, 38.46, 170.13°)
OKLaboklab(72.47% -0.1069 0.0168)
OKLCHoklch(72.47% 0.108 171.1)
XYZxyz(27.6335, 40.2371, 38.2020)
Luminance0.4024 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##53BC9D1.002.329.059.05
#FFFFFF2.321.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0521.001.001.00
##0000009.0521.001.001.00

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

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#53BC9D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva