#53BFAA#53BFAA

#53BFAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.104 H 178.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BFAA
RGB	rgb(83, 191, 170)
HSL	hsl(168, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(168, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 0%, 11%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.87, -36.10, 1.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.87, 36.12, 177.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% -0.1043 0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.104 178.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.4505, 42.0000, 44.5772)
Luminance	0.4200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BFAA #BF5368

analogous

#53BF74 #53BFAA #539EBF

triadic

#53BFAA #AA53BF #BFAA53

tetradic

#53BFAA #7453BF #BF5368 #9EBF53

square

#53BFAA #7453BF #BF5368 #9EBF53

split-complementary

#53BFAA #BF539E #BF7453

monochromatic

#296E61 #3A9B88 #53BFAA #80D0C0 #ACE0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#53BFAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#53BFAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BFAA

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BFAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BFAA	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B5A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A8AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bfaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 191, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.104 178.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd3c3',
    500: '#53bfaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bfaa;
$custom-light: #8dd3c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bfaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.333,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73576,
    "c": 0.1043,
    "h": 178.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BFAA

secondary

#CEA0A9

accent

#526CD5

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BFAA

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

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