#53BDA8#53BDA8

#53BDA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.103 H 178.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BDA8
RGB	rgb(83, 189, 168)
HSL	hsl(168, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(168, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 0%, 11.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.22, -35.68, 1.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.22, 35.71, 177.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% -0.103 0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.103 178.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.8296, 41.0586, 43.4440)
Luminance	0.4106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BDA8 #BD5368

analogous

#53BD73 #53BDA8 #539DBD

triadic

#53BDA8 #A853BD #BDA853

tetradic

#53BDA8 #7353BD #BD5368 #9DBD53

square

#53BDA8 #7353BD #BD5368 #9DBD53

split-complementary

#53BDA8 #BD539D #BD7353

monochromatic

#296C5F #3A9886 #53BDA8 #7FCEBE #ABDFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#53BDA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#53BDA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BDA8

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BDA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BDA8	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B3A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A7AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bda8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 189, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.103 178.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1c1',
    500: '#53bda8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bda8;
$custom-light: #8dd1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bda8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.113,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73028,
    "c": 0.10302,
    "h": 178.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BDA8

secondary

#CD9FA8

accent

#546DD4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BDA8

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

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