#53BEA8#53BEA8

#53BEA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.104 H 177.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BEA8
RGB	rgb(83, 190, 168)
HSL	hsl(168, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(168, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 0%, 11.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.52, -36.14, 1.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.52, 36.19, 177.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% -0.1041 0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.104 177.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.0454, 41.4903, 43.5159)
Luminance	0.4149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BEA8 #BE5369

analogous

#53BE72 #53BEA8 #539EBE

triadic

#53BEA8 #A853BE #BEA853

tetradic

#53BEA8 #7253BE #BE5369 #9EBE53

square

#53BEA8 #7253BE #BE5369 #9EBE53

split-complementary

#53BEA8 #BE539E #BE7253

monochromatic

#296D5F #3A9A86 #53BEA8 #7FCFBE #ACE0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#53BEA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#53BEA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BEA8

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BEA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BEA8	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B4A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A8AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 190, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.104 177.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd2c1',
    500: '#53bea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bea8;
$custom-light: #8dd2c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.664,
    "s": 45.148,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73272,
    "c": 0.10416,
    "h": 177.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BEA8

secondary

#CD9FA9

accent

#536ED5

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BEA8

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

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