#53C0BD#53C0BD

#53C0BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.099 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C0BD
RGB	rgb(83, 192, 189)
HSL	hsl(178, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(178, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 0%, 1.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.70, -31.63, -7.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.70, 32.60, 194.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.42% -0.0969 -0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(74.42% 0.099 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.5983, 43.2092, 54.8092)
Luminance	0.4321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C0BD #C05356

analogous

#53C087 #53C0BD #538DC0

triadic

#53C0BD #BD53C0 #C0BD53

tetradic

#53C0BD #8753C0 #C05356 #8DC053

square

#53C0BD #8753C0 #C05356 #8DC053

split-complementary

#53C0BD #C0538D #C08753

monochromatic

#29706E #399C9A #53C0BD #80D0CE #ADE1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#53C0BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#53C0BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C0BD

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C0BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C0BD	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B7BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AABE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c0bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 192, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.099 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed3d0',
    500: '#53c0bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c0bd;
$custom-light: #8ed3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c0bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.349,
    "s": 46.383,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7442,
    "c": 0.09938,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C0BD

secondary

#CFA0A1

accent

#5255D6

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C0BD

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

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