#53BCA8#53BCA8

#53BCA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.102 H 178.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BCA8
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 168)
HSL	hsl(169, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(169, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 0%, 10.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, -35.22, 0.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 35.23, 178.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% -0.1019 0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.102 178.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.6152, 40.6298, 43.3725)
Luminance	0.4063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BCA8 #BC5367

analogous

#53BC73 #53BCA8 #539CBC

triadic

#53BCA8 #A853BC #BCA853

tetradic

#53BCA8 #7353BC #BC5367 #9CBC53

square

#53BCA8 #7353BC #BC5367 #9CBC53

split-complementary

#53BCA8 #BC539C #BC7353

monochromatic

#2A6B5F #3B9785 #53BCA8 #7FCDBE #ABDED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#53BCA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#53BCA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BCA8

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BCA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BCA8	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B2A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A6AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.102 178.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd0c1',
    500: '#53bca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bca8;
$custom-light: #8dd0c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.571,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72784,
    "c": 0.10189,
    "h": 178.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BCA8

secondary

#CC9FA7

accent

#546CD4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BCA8

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

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