#53BF9C#53BF9C

#53BF9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.113 H 169.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BF9C
RGB	rgb(83, 191, 156)
HSL	hsl(161, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(161, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 0%, 18.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.52, -39.48, 8.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.52, 40.36, 167.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% -0.1107 0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.113 169)
XYZ	xyz(28.1960, 41.4982, 37.9701)
Luminance	0.4150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BF9C #BF5376

analogous

#53BF66 #53BF9C #53ACBF

triadic

#53BF9C #9C53BF #BF9C53

tetradic

#53BF9C #6653BF #BF5376 #ACBF53

square

#53BF9C #6653BF #BF5376 #ACBF53

split-complementary

#53BF9C #BF53AC #BF6653

monochromatic

#296E58 #3A9B7C #53BF9C #80D0B6 #ACE0CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#53BF9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#53BF9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BF9C

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BF9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BF9C	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)

#BAB39A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA89E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bf9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 191, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.113 169.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd3b9',
    500: '#53bf9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bf9c;
$custom-light: #8dd3b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bf9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.556,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73179,
    "c": 0.11274,
    "h": 169
  },
  "luminance": 0.41501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BF9C

secondary

#CEA0AF

accent

#527DD5

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BF9C

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

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