#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
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 159)
HSL	hsl(163, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(163, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 0%, 15.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, -37.42, 5.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 37.83, 171.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.106 0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.107 172.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.8056, 40.3060, 39.1087)
Luminance	0.4031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##53BC9F	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #53BC9F

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

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