#53BD9C#53BD9C

#53BD9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.110 H 169.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BD9C
RGB	rgb(83, 189, 156)
HSL	hsl(161, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(161, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 0%, 17.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, -38.58, 7.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 39.31, 168.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.1085 0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.11 169.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.7628, 40.6319, 37.8257)
Luminance	0.4063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BD9C #BD5374

analogous

#53BD67 #53BD9C #53A9BD

triadic

#53BD9C #9C53BD #BD9C53

tetradic

#53BD9C #6753BD #BD5374 #A9BD53

square

#53BD9C #6753BD #BD5374 #A9BD53

split-complementary

#53BD9C #BD53A9 #BD6753

monochromatic

#296C57 #3A987B #53BD9C #7FCEB5 #ABDFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#53BD9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#53BD9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BD9C

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BD9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BD9C	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)

#B8B29A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A69E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1ABEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bd9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 189, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.110 169.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd1b9',
    500: '#53bd9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bd9c;
$custom-light: #8cd1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bd9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.321,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72685,
    "c": 0.11017,
    "h": 169.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BD9C

secondary

#CD9FAD

accent

#547CD4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BD9C

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

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