#53BFA0#53BFA0

#53BFA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.110 H 171.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BFA0
RGB	rgb(83, 191, 160)
HSL	hsl(163, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(163, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 0%, 16.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.62, -38.54, 6.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.62, 39.06, 170.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% -0.1088 0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.11 171.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.5403, 41.6359, 39.7834)
Luminance	0.4164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BFA0 #BF5372

analogous

#53BF6A #53BFA0 #53A8BF

triadic

#53BFA0 #A053BF #BFA053

tetradic

#53BFA0 #6A53BF #BF5372 #A8BF53

square

#53BFA0 #6A53BF #BF5372 #A8BF53

split-complementary

#53BFA0 #BF53A8 #BF6A53

monochromatic

#296E5B #3A9B7F #53BFA0 #80D0B9 #ACE0D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#53BFA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#53BFA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BFA0

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BFA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BFA0	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB49F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA8A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bfa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 191, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.110 171.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd3bc',
    500: '#53bfa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bfa0;
$custom-light: #8dd3bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bfa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.778,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73288,
    "c": 0.11003,
    "h": 171.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BFA0

secondary

#CEA0AD

accent

#5278D5

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BFA0

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

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