#53BFA4#53BFA4

#53BFA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.108 H 174.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BFA4
RGB	rgb(83, 191, 164)
HSL	hsl(165, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(165, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 0%, 14.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, -37.58, 4.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 37.83, 173.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% -0.107 0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.108 174.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.8958, 41.7782, 41.6560)
Luminance	0.4178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BFA4 #BF536E

analogous

#53BF6E #53BFA4 #53A4BF

triadic

#53BFA4 #A453BF #BFA453

tetradic

#53BFA4 #6E53BF #BF536E #A4BF53

square

#53BFA4 #6E53BF #BF536E #A4BF53

split-complementary

#53BFA4 #BF53A4 #BF6E53

monochromatic

#296E5D #3A9B83 #53BFA4 #80D0BC #ACE0D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#53BFA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#53BFA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BFA4

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BFA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BFA4	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B4A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A8A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#07C1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bfa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 191, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.108 174.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd3bf',
    500: '#53bfa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bfa4;
$custom-light: #8dd3bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bfa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73401,
    "c": 0.10754,
    "h": 174.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BFA4

secondary

#CEA0AB

accent

#5273D5

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BFA4

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →