#53BC9E#53BC9E

#53BC9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.108 H 171.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BC9E
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 158)
HSL	hsl(163, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(163, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 0%, 16%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.66, -37.66, 6.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.66, 38.15, 170.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% -0.1064 0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.108 171.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.7192, 40.2714, 38.6535)
Luminance	0.4027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BC9E #BC5371

analogous

#53BC69 #53BC9E #53A5BC

triadic

#53BC9E #9E53BC #BC9E53

tetradic

#53BC9E #6953BC #BC5371 #A5BC53

square

#53BC9E #6953BC #BC5371 #A5BC53

split-complementary

#53BC9E #BC53A5 #BC6953

monochromatic

#2A6B58 #3B977D #53BC9E #7FCDB7 #ABDED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#53BC9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#53BC9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BC9E

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BC9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BC9E	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)

#B7B19D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A5A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18BDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bc9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.108 171.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd1ba',
    500: '#53bc9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bc9e;
$custom-light: #8cd1ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bc9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.857,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72494,
    "c": 0.10756,
    "h": 171.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BC9E

secondary

#CC9FAC

accent

#5479D4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BC9E

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

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