#53BCA5#53BCA5

#53BCA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.103 H 176.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BCA5
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 165)
HSL	hsl(167, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(167, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 0%, 12.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.84, -35.96, 2.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.84, 36.05, 176.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.1032 0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.103 176.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.3390, 40.5193, 41.9176)
Luminance	0.4052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BCA5 #BC536A

analogous

#53BC70 #53BCA5 #539EBC

triadic

#53BCA5 #A553BC #BCA553

tetradic

#53BCA5 #7053BC #BC536A #9EBC53

square

#53BCA5 #7053BC #BC536A #9EBC53

split-complementary

#53BCA5 #BC539E #BC7053

monochromatic

#2A6B5D #3B9783 #53BCA5 #7FCDBC #ABDED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#53BCA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#53BCA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BCA5

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BCA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BCA5	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)

#B6B2A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A6A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#09BEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.103 176.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd0bf',
    500: '#53bca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bca5;
$custom-light: #8cd0bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.857,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72694,
    "c": 0.10341,
    "h": 176.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BCA5

secondary

#CC9FA9

accent

#5470D4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BCA5

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

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