#53BCA2#53BCA2

#53BCA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.105 H 174.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BCA2
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 162)
HSL	hsl(165, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(165, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 0%, 13.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, -36.70, 4.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 36.92, 173.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% -0.1046 0.0101)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.105 174.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.0691, 40.4114, 40.4964)
Luminance	0.4041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BCA2 #BC536D

analogous

#53BC6D #53BCA2 #53A1BC

triadic

#53BCA2 #A253BC #BCA253

tetradic

#53BCA2 #6D53BC #BC536D #A1BC53

square

#53BCA2 #6D53BC #BC536D #A1BC53

split-complementary

#53BCA2 #BC53A1 #BC6D53

monochromatic

#2A6B5B #3B9780 #53BCA2 #7FCDBA #ABDED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#53BCA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#53BCA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BCA2

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BCA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BCA2	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B1A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A6A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11BEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.105 174.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd1bd',
    500: '#53bca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bca2;
$custom-light: #8cd1bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.143,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72607,
    "c": 0.10509,
    "h": 174.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BCA2

secondary

#CC9FAA

accent

#5474D4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BCA2

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

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