#53C1BC#53C1BC

#53C1BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.100 H 191.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C1BC
RGB	rgb(83, 193, 188)
HSL	hsl(177, 47%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(177, 57%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 0%, 2.6%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, -32.38, -6.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 33.11, 192.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% -0.0984 -0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.1 191.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.7104, 43.6066, 54.3130)
Luminance	0.4361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C1BC #C15358

analogous

#53C185 #53C1BC #538FC1

triadic

#53C1BC #BC53C1 #C1BC53

tetradic

#53C1BC #8553C1 #C15358 #8FC153

square

#53C1BC #8553C1 #C15358 #8FC153

split-complementary

#53C1BC #C1538F #C18553

monochromatic

#29716E #399E99 #53C1BC #80D1CE #ADE1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#53C1BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#53C1BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C1BC

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C1BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C1BC	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B8BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ABBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c1bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 193, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.100 191.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed4d0',
    500: '#53c1bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c1bc;
$custom-light: #8ed4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c1bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.273,
    "s": 47.009,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74627,
    "c": 0.10032,
    "h": 191.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C1BC

secondary

#CFA1A3

accent

#5157D7

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C1BC

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

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