#53BCA9#53BCA9

#53BCA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.101 H 179.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BCA9
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 169)
HSL	hsl(169, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(169, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 0%, 10.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.94, -34.96, 0.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.94, 34.97, 179.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% -0.1014 0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.101 179.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.7087, 40.6672, 43.8651)
Luminance	0.4067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BCA9 #BC5366

analogous

#53BC74 #53BCA9 #539ABC

triadic

#53BCA9 #A953BC #BCA953

tetradic

#53BCA9 #7453BC #BC5366 #9ABC53

square

#53BCA9 #7453BC #BC5366 #9ABC53

split-complementary

#53BCA9 #BC539A #BC7453

monochromatic

#2A6B5F #3B9786 #53BCA9 #7FCDBF #ABDED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#53BCA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#53BCA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BCA9

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BCA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BCA9	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)

#B5B2A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A6AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.101 179.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd0c2',
    500: '#53bca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bca9;
$custom-light: #8dd0c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.143,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72814,
    "c": 0.10141,
    "h": 179.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BCA9

secondary

#CC9FA7

accent

#546BD4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BCA9

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

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