#53BC9F#53BC9F

#53BC9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.107 H 172.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#53BC9F
RGBrgb(83, 188, 159)
HSLhsl(163, 44%, 53%)
HSVhsv(163, 56%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(55.9%, 0%, 15.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(69.69, -37.42, 5.57)
CIE-LCHlch(69.69, 37.83, 171.54°)
OKLaboklab(72.52% -0.106 0.0142)
OKLCHoklch(72.52% 0.107 172.4)
XYZxyz(27.8056, 40.3060, 39.1087)
Luminance0.4031 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#53BC9F #BC5370
analogous
#53BC6A #53BC9F #53A4BC
triadic
#53BC9F #9F53BC #BC9F53
tetradic
#53BC9F #6A53BC #BC5370 #A4BC53
square
#53BC9F #6A53BC #BC5370 #A4BC53
split-complementary
#53BC9F #BC53A4 #BC6A53
monochromatic
#2A6B59 #3B977E #53BC9F #7FCDB8 #ABDED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32
#53BC9F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06
#53BC9F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BC9F
9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##53BC9F#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##53BC9F1.002.329.069.06
#FFFFFF2.321.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0621.001.001.00
##0000009.0621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B7B19E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A7A6A1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#16BEB3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #53bc9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.107 172.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd1bb',
    500: '#53bc9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #53bc9f;
$custom-light: #8cd1bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#53bc9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.429,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72522,
    "c": 0.10692,
    "h": 172.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#53BC9F
secondary
#CC9FAB
accent
#5477D4
background
#F9FCFB
surface
#F1F9F6
border
#CBD2D0
text
#0D1411
muted
#7E8280

Preview Lab

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#53BC9F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva