#53C0BE#53C0BE

#53C0BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.099 H 193.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C0BE
RGB	rgb(83, 192, 190)
HSL	hsl(179, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(179, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 0%, 1%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.73, -31.36, -8.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.73, 32.46, 194.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% -0.0965 -0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.099 193.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.7072, 43.2528, 55.3829)
Luminance	0.4326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C0BE #C05355

analogous

#53C088 #53C0BE #538CC0

triadic

#53C0BE #BE53C0 #C0BE53

tetradic

#53C0BE #8853C0 #C05355 #8CC053

square

#53C0BE #8853C0 #C05355 #8CC053

split-complementary

#53C0BE #C0538C #C08853

monochromatic

#29706E #399C9B #53C0BE #80D0CF #ADE1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#53C0BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#53C0BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C0BE

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C0BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C0BE	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B7BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AABF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c0be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 192, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.099 193.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed3d1',
    500: '#53c0be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c0be;
$custom-light: #8ed3d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c0be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.899,
    "s": 46.383,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74453,
    "c": 0.09927,
    "h": 193.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C0BE

secondary

#CFA0A1

accent

#5254D6

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C0BE

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

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