#53BDAA#53BDAA

#53BDAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.102 H 179.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BDAA
RGB	rgb(83, 189, 170)
HSL	hsl(169, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(169, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 0%, 10.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.27, -35.18, 0.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.27, 35.18, 179.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.09% -0.1021 0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(73.09% 0.102 179.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.0173, 41.1337, 44.4328)
Luminance	0.4114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BDAA #BD5366

analogous

#53BD75 #53BDAA #539BBD

triadic

#53BDAA #AA53BD #BDAA53

tetradic

#53BDAA #7553BD #BD5366 #9BBD53

square

#53BDAA #7553BD #BD5366 #9BBD53

split-complementary

#53BDAA #BD539B #BD7553

monochromatic

#296C60 #3A9888 #53BDAA #7FCEC0 #ABDFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#53BDAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#53BDAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BDAA

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BDAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BDAA	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B3A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A7AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bdaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 189, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.102 179.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1c3',
    500: '#53bdaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bdaa;
$custom-light: #8dd1c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bdaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.245,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73088,
    "c": 0.10206,
    "h": 179.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BDAA

secondary

#CD9FA7

accent

#546BD4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BDAA

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

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