#53BDA5#53BDA5

#53BDA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.105 H 176.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BDA5
RGB	rgb(83, 189, 165)
HSL	hsl(166, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(166, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 0%, 12.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.14, -36.42, 2.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.14, 36.54, 175.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% -0.1043 0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.105 176)
XYZ	xyz(28.5533, 40.9481, 41.9890)
Luminance	0.4095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BDA5 #BD536B

analogous

#53BD70 #53BDA5 #53A0BD

triadic

#53BDA5 #A553BD #BDA553

tetradic

#53BDA5 #7053BD #BD536B #A0BD53

square

#53BDA5 #7053BD #BD536B #A0BD53

split-complementary

#53BDA5 #BD53A0 #BD7053

monochromatic

#296C5D #3A9883 #53BDA5 #7FCEBC #ABDFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#53BDA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#53BDA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BDA5

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BDA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BDA5	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B2A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A7A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#08BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bda5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 189, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.105 176.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1bf',
    500: '#53bda5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bda5;
$custom-light: #8dd1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bda5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.415,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72939,
    "c": 0.10458,
    "h": 176
  },
  "luminance": 0.40951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BDA5

secondary

#CD9FA9

accent

#5471D4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BDA5

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

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