#53BCA0#53BCA0

#53BCA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.106 H 173.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BCA0
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 160)
HSL	hsl(164, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(164, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 0%, 14.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.71, -37.18, 5.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.71, 37.52, 172.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.1055 0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.106 173.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.8928, 40.3409, 39.5675)
Luminance	0.4034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BCA0 #BC536F

analogous

#53BC6B #53BCA0 #53A3BC

triadic

#53BCA0 #A053BC #BCA053

tetradic

#53BCA0 #6B53BC #BC536F #A3BC53

square

#53BCA0 #6B53BC #BC536F #A3BC53

split-complementary

#53BCA0 #BC53A3 #BC6B53

monochromatic

#2A6B5A #3B977E #53BCA0 #7FCDB8 #ABDED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#53BCA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#53BCA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BCA0

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BCA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BCA0	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B19F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A6A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14BEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.106 173.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd1bc',
    500: '#53bca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bca0;
$custom-light: #8cd1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7255,
    "c": 0.10629,
    "h": 173.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BCA0

secondary

#CC9FAB

accent

#5476D4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BCA0

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

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