#53BFA5#53BFA5

#53BFA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.107 H 174.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BFA5
RGB	rgb(83, 191, 165)
HSL	hsl(166, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(166, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 0%, 13.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, -37.34, 3.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 37.53, 174.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% -0.1065 0.0095)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.107 174.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.9865, 41.8144, 42.1334)
Luminance	0.4182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BFA5 #BF536D

analogous

#53BF6F #53BFA5 #53A3BF

triadic

#53BFA5 #A553BF #BFA553

tetradic

#53BFA5 #6F53BF #BF536D #A3BF53

square

#53BFA5 #6F53BF #BF536D #A3BF53

split-complementary

#53BFA5 #BF53A3 #BF6F53

monochromatic

#296E5E #3A9B84 #53BFA5 #80D0BC #ACE0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#53BFA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#53BFA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BFA5

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BFA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BFA5	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)

#B9B4A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A8A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#04C1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bfa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 191, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.107 174.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd3bf',
    500: '#53bfa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bfa5;
$custom-light: #8dd3bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bfa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.556,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73429,
    "c": 0.10696,
    "h": 174.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BFA5

secondary

#CEA0AB

accent

#5272D5

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BFA5

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

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