#53BDA3#53BDA3

#53BDA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.106 H 174.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BDA3
RGB	rgb(83, 189, 163)
HSL	hsl(165, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(165, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 0%, 13.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, -36.91, 3.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 37.12, 173.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.1052 0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.106 174.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.3727, 40.8758, 41.0378)
Luminance	0.4088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BDA3 #BD536D

analogous

#53BD6E #53BDA3 #53A2BD

triadic

#53BDA3 #A353BD #BDA353

tetradic

#53BDA3 #6E53BD #BD536D #A2BD53

square

#53BDA3 #6E53BD #BD536D #A2BD53

split-complementary

#53BDA3 #BD53A2 #BD6E53

monochromatic

#296C5C #3A9881 #53BDA3 #7FCEBB #ABDFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#53BDA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#53BDA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BDA3

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BDA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BDA3	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B2A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A6A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0DBFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bda3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 189, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.106 174.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1be',
    500: '#53bda3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bda3;
$custom-light: #8dd1be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bda3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.283,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72881,
    "c": 0.10572,
    "h": 174.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BDA3

secondary

#CD9FAA

accent

#5473D4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BDA3

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

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