#53BDA2#53BDA2

#53BDA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.106 H 173.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BDA2
RGB	rgb(83, 189, 162)
HSL	hsl(165, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(165, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 0%, 14.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, -37.15, 4.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 37.42, 173.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.1057 0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.106 173.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.2835, 40.8401, 40.5678)
Luminance	0.4084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BDA2 #BD536E

analogous

#53BD6D #53BDA2 #53A3BD

triadic

#53BDA2 #A253BD #BDA253

tetradic

#53BDA2 #6D53BD #BD536E #A3BD53

square

#53BDA2 #6D53BD #BD536E #A3BD53

split-complementary

#53BDA2 #BD53A3 #BD6D53

monochromatic

#296C5B #3A9880 #53BDA2 #7FCEBA #ABDFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#53BDA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#53BDA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BDA2

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BDA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BDA2	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B2A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A6A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0FBFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bda2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 189, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.106 173.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd1bd',
    500: '#53bda2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bda2;
$custom-light: #8cd1bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bda2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.717,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72853,
    "c": 0.1063,
    "h": 173.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BDA2

secondary

#CD9FAB

accent

#5474D4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BDA2

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

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