#53BFAC#53BFAC

#53BFAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.103 H 180.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BFAC
RGB	rgb(83, 191, 172)
HSL	hsl(169, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(169, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 0%, 9.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.92, -35.60, 0.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.92, 35.60, 179.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.64% -0.1034 0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(73.64% 0.103 180)
XYZ	xyz(29.6411, 42.0763, 45.5812)
Luminance	0.4208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BFAC #BF5366

analogous

#53BF76 #53BFAC #539CBF

triadic

#53BFAC #AC53BF #BFAC53

tetradic

#53BFAC #7653BF #BF5366 #9CBF53

square

#53BFAC #7653BF #BF5366 #9CBF53

split-complementary

#53BFAC #BF539C #BF7653

monochromatic

#296E62 #3A9B8A #53BFAC #80D0C2 #ACE0D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#53BFAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#53BFAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BFAC

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BFAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BFAC	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B5AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A8AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bfac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 191, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.103 180.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd3c4',
    500: '#53bfac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bfac;
$custom-light: #8dd3c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bfac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.444,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73636,
    "c": 0.10336,
    "h": 180
  },
  "luminance": 0.42079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BFAC

secondary

#CEA0A8

accent

#5269D5

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BFAC

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

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