#53BDA4#53BDA4

#53BDA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.105 H 175.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BDA4
RGB	rgb(83, 189, 164)
HSL	hsl(166, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(166, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 0%, 13.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, -36.67, 3.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 36.83, 174.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.1048 0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.105 175.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.4627, 40.9118, 41.5116)
Luminance	0.4092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BDA4 #BD536C

analogous

#53BD6F #53BDA4 #53A1BD

triadic

#53BDA4 #A453BD #BDA453

tetradic

#53BDA4 #6F53BD #BD536C #A1BD53

square

#53BDA4 #6F53BD #BD536C #A1BD53

split-complementary

#53BDA4 #BD53A1 #BD6F53

monochromatic

#296C5C #3A9882 #53BDA4 #7FCEBB #ABDFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#53BDA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#53BDA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BDA4

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BDA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BDA4	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)

#B7B2A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A7A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0ABFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bda4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 189, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.105 175.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1be',
    500: '#53bda4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bda4;
$custom-light: #8dd1be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bda4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.849,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7291,
    "c": 0.10514,
    "h": 175.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BDA4

secondary

#CD9FAA

accent

#5472D4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BDA4

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

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