#53BCAC#53BCAC

#53BCAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.100 H 182.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BCAC
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 172)
HSL	hsl(171, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(171, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 0%, 8.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, -34.20, -1.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 34.22, 181.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.1001 -0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.1 182)
XYZ	xyz(28.9936, 40.7812, 45.3653)
Luminance	0.4078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BCAC #BC5363

analogous

#53BC77 #53BCAC #5397BC

triadic

#53BCAC #AC53BC #BCAC53

tetradic

#53BCAC #7753BC #BC5363 #97BC53

square

#53BCAC #7753BC #BC5363 #97BC53

split-complementary

#53BCAC #BC5397 #BC7753

monochromatic

#2A6B61 #3B9789 #53BCAC #7FCDC1 #ABDED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#53BCAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#53BCAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BCAC

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BCAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BCAC	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B2AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A6AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bcac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.100 182.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bcac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.857,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72905,
    "c": 0.10012,
    "h": 182
  },
  "luminance": 0.40784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BCAC

secondary

#CC9FA6

accent

#5468D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BCAC

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

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