#53BEA9#53BEA9

#53BEA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.104 H 178.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BEA9
RGB	rgb(83, 190, 169)
HSL	hsl(168, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(168, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 0%, 11.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.54, -35.89, 1.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.54, 35.92, 177.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.3% -0.1036 0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(73.3% 0.104 178.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.1389, 41.5277, 44.0085)
Luminance	0.4153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BEA9 #BE5368

analogous

#53BE73 #53BEA9 #539DBE

triadic

#53BEA9 #A953BE #BEA953

tetradic

#53BEA9 #7353BE #BE5368 #9DBE53

square

#53BEA9 #7353BE #BE5368 #9DBE53

split-complementary

#53BEA9 #BE539D #BE7353

monochromatic

#296D60 #3A9A87 #53BEA9 #7FCFBF #ACE0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#53BEA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#53BEA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BEA9

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BEA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BEA9	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B4A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A8AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 190, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.104 178.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd2c2',
    500: '#53bea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bea9;
$custom-light: #8dd2c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.224,
    "s": 45.148,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73302,
    "c": 0.10366,
    "h": 178.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BEA9

secondary

#CD9FA8

accent

#536CD5

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BEA9

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

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