#53BFA9#53BFA9

#53BFA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.105 H 177.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BFA9
RGB	rgb(83, 191, 169)
HSL	hsl(168, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(168, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 0%, 11.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.84, -36.35, 1.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.84, 36.40, 177.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% -0.1047 0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.105 177.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.3563, 41.9623, 44.0809)
Luminance	0.4197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BFA9 #BF5369

analogous

#53BF73 #53BFA9 #539FBF

triadic

#53BFA9 #A953BF #BFA953

tetradic

#53BFA9 #7353BF #BF5369 #9FBF53

square

#53BFA9 #7353BF #BF5369 #9FBF53

split-complementary

#53BFA9 #BF539F #BF7353

monochromatic

#296E60 #3A9B87 #53BFA9 #80D0BF #ACE0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#53BFA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#53BFA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BFA9

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BFA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BFA9	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)

#B8B4A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A8AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bfa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 191, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.105 177.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd3c2',
    500: '#53bfa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bfa9;
$custom-light: #8dd3c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bfa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.778,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73546,
    "c": 0.10479,
    "h": 177.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BFA9

secondary

#CEA0A9

accent

#526DD5

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BFA9

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

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