#53BCAB#53BCAB

#53BCAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.101 H 181.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BCAB
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 171)
HSL	hsl(170, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(170, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 0%, 9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, -34.46, -0.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 34.46, 180.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.1005 -0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.101 181.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.8979, 40.7429, 44.8614)
Luminance	0.4075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BCAB #BC5364

analogous

#53BC76 #53BCAB #5398BC

triadic

#53BCAB #AB53BC #BCAB53

tetradic

#53BCAB #7653BC #BC5364 #98BC53

square

#53BCAB #7653BC #BC5364 #98BC53

split-complementary

#53BCAB #BC5398 #BC7653

monochromatic

#2A6B60 #3B9788 #53BCAB #7FCDC1 #ABDED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#53BCAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#53BCAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BCAB

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BCAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BCAB	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B2AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A6AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bcab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.101 181.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd0c4',
    500: '#53bcab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bcab;
$custom-light: #8dd0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bcab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.286,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72875,
    "c": 0.10053,
    "h": 181.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BCAB

secondary

#CC9FA6

accent

#5469D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BCAB

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

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