#53BEA5#53BEA5

#53BEA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.106 H 175.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BEA5
RGB	rgb(83, 190, 165)
HSL	hsl(166, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(166, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 0%, 13.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.44, -36.88, 3.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.44, 37.03, 174.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% -0.1054 0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.106 175.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.7692, 41.3798, 42.0610)
Luminance	0.4138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BEA5 #BE536C

analogous

#53BE6F #53BEA5 #53A1BE

triadic

#53BEA5 #A553BE #BEA553

tetradic

#53BEA5 #6F53BE #BE536C #A1BE53

square

#53BEA5 #6F53BE #BE536C #A1BE53

split-complementary

#53BEA5 #BE53A1 #BE6F53

monochromatic

#296D5D #3A9A83 #53BEA5 #7FCFBC #ACE0D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#53BEA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#53BEA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BEA5

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BEA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BEA5	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B3A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A7A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#06C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 190, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.106 175.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd2bf',
    500: '#53bea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bea5;
$custom-light: #8dd2bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.981,
    "s": 45.148,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73184,
    "c": 0.10576,
    "h": 175.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BEA5

secondary

#CD9FAA

accent

#5371D5

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BEA5

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

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