#53BCA4#53BCA4

#53BCA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.104 H 175.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BCA4
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 164)
HSL	hsl(166, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(166, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 0%, 12.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.81, -36.21, 3.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.81, 36.33, 175.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% -0.1037 0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.104 175.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.2483, 40.4831, 41.4401)
Luminance	0.4049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BCA4 #BC536B

analogous

#53BC6F #53BCA4 #539FBC

triadic

#53BCA4 #A453BC #BCA453

tetradic

#53BCA4 #6F53BC #BC536B #9FBC53

square

#53BCA4 #6F53BC #BC536B #9FBC53

split-complementary

#53BCA4 #BC539F #BC6F53

monochromatic

#2A6B5C #3B9782 #53BCA4 #7FCDBB #ABDED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#53BCA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#53BCA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BCA4

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BCA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BCA4	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B1A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A6A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0CBEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.104 175.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd0be',
    500: '#53bca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bca4;
$custom-light: #8cd0be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.286,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72665,
    "c": 0.10395,
    "h": 175.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BCA4

secondary

#CC9FA9

accent

#5471D4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BCA4

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

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