#53BFA8#53BFA8

#53BFA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.105 H 177.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BFA8
RGB	rgb(83, 191, 168)
HSL	hsl(167, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(167, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 0%, 12%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, -36.60, 2.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 36.67, 176.42°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% -0.1052 0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.105 177)
XYZ	xyz(29.2628, 41.9249, 43.5884)
Luminance	0.4193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BFA8 #BF536A

analogous

#53BF72 #53BFA8 #53A0BF

triadic

#53BFA8 #A853BF #BFA853

tetradic

#53BFA8 #7253BF #BF536A #A0BF53

square

#53BFA8 #7253BF #BF536A #A0BF53

split-complementary

#53BFA8 #BF53A0 #BF7253

monochromatic

#296E60 #3A9B86 #53BFA8 #80D0BF #ACE0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#53BFA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#53BFA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BFA8

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BFA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BFA8	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B4A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A8AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bfa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 191, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.105 177.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd3c1',
    500: '#53bfa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bfa8;
$custom-light: #8dd3c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bfa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.222,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73517,
    "c": 0.10531,
    "h": 177
  },
  "luminance": 0.41928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BFA8

secondary

#CEA0AA

accent

#526ED5

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BFA8

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

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