#53BFA6#53BFA6

#53BFA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.106 H 175.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BFA6
RGB	rgb(83, 191, 166)
HSL	hsl(166, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(166, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 0%, 13.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.77, -37.09, 3.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.77, 37.24, 174.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% -0.1061 0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.106 175.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.0779, 41.8510, 42.6147)
Luminance	0.4185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BFA6 #BF536C

analogous

#53BF70 #53BFA6 #53A2BF

triadic

#53BFA6 #A653BF #BFA653

tetradic

#53BFA6 #7053BF #BF536C #A2BF53

square

#53BFA6 #7053BF #BF536C #A2BF53

split-complementary

#53BFA6 #BF53A2 #BF7053

monochromatic

#296E5E #3A9B85 #53BFA6 #80D0BD #ACE0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#53BFA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#53BFA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BFA6

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BFA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BFA6	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B4A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A8A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#01C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bfa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 191, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.106 175.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd3c0',
    500: '#53bfa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bfa6;
$custom-light: #8dd3c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bfa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.111,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73458,
    "c": 0.1064,
    "h": 175.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BFA6

secondary

#CEA0AA

accent

#5271D5

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BFA6

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

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