#53C0BC#53C0BC

#53C0BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.100 H 191.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C0BC
RGB	rgb(83, 192, 188)
HSL	hsl(178, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(178, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 0%, 2.1%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.67, -31.90, -7.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.67, 32.74, 193.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% -0.0974 -0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.1 191.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.4901, 43.1660, 54.2395)
Luminance	0.4317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C0BC #C05357

analogous

#53C086 #53C0BC #538EC0

triadic

#53C0BC #BC53C0 #C0BC53

tetradic

#53C0BC #8653C0 #C05357 #8EC053

square

#53C0BC #8653C0 #C05357 #8EC053

split-complementary

#53C0BC #C0538E #C08653

monochromatic

#29706D #399C99 #53C0BC #80D0CD #ADE1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#53C0BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#53C0BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C0BC

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C0BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C0BC	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B7BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c0bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 192, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.100 191.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed3d0',
    500: '#53c0bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c0bc;
$custom-light: #8ed3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c0bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.798,
    "s": 46.383,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74386,
    "c": 0.09951,
    "h": 191.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C0BC

secondary

#CFA0A2

accent

#5257D6

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C0BC

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

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