#53BDA0#53BDA0

#53BDA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.108 H 172.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BDA0
RGB	rgb(83, 189, 160)
HSL	hsl(164, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(164, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 0%, 15.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, -37.63, 5.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 38.03, 171.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.1066 0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.108 172.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.1071, 40.7696, 39.6390)
Luminance	0.4077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BDA0 #BD5370

analogous

#53BD6B #53BDA0 #53A5BD

triadic

#53BDA0 #A053BD #BDA053

tetradic

#53BDA0 #6B53BD #BD5370 #A5BD53

square

#53BDA0 #6B53BD #BD5370 #A5BD53

split-complementary

#53BDA0 #BD53A5 #BD6B53

monochromatic

#296C5A #3A987F #53BDA0 #7FCEB8 #ABDFD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#53BDA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#53BDA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BDA0

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BDA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BDA0	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	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)

#B8B29F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A6A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#13BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bda0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 189, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.108 172.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd1bc',
    500: '#53bda0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bda0;
$custom-light: #8cd1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bda0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.585,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72796,
    "c": 0.10753,
    "h": 172.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BDA0

secondary

#CD9FAC

accent

#5477D4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BDA0

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

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