#53BCAA#53BCAA

#53BCAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.101 H 180.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BCAA
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 170)
HSL	hsl(170, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(170, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 0%, 9.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, -34.71, -0.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 34.71, 180.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% -0.101 -0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.101 180.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.8030, 40.7049, 44.3614)
Luminance	0.4071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BCAA #BC5365

analogous

#53BC75 #53BCAA #5399BC

triadic

#53BCAA #AA53BC #BCAA53

tetradic

#53BCAA #7553BC #BC5365 #99BC53

square

#53BCAA #7553BC #BC5365 #99BC53

split-complementary

#53BCAA #BC5399 #BC7553

monochromatic

#2A6B60 #3B9787 #53BCAA #7FCDC0 #ABDED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#53BCAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#53BCAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BCAA

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BCAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BCAA	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B2A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A6AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bcaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.101 180.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd0c3',
    500: '#53bcaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bcaa;
$custom-light: #8dd0c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bcaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.714,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72844,
    "c": 0.10096,
    "h": 180.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BCAA

secondary

#CC9FA7

accent

#546AD4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BCAA

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

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