#53C1BD#53C1BD

#53C1BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.100 H 191.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C1BD
RGB	rgb(83, 193, 189)
HSL	hsl(178, 47%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(178, 57%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 0%, 2.1%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, -32.11, -7.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 32.96, 193.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% -0.098 -0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.1 191.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.8186, 43.6499, 54.8827)
Luminance	0.4365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C1BD #C15357

analogous

#53C186 #53C1BD #538EC1

triadic

#53C1BD #BD53C1 #C1BD53

tetradic

#53C1BD #8653C1 #C15357 #8EC153

square

#53C1BD #8653C1 #C15357 #8EC153

split-complementary

#53C1BD #C1538E #C18653

monochromatic

#29716E #399E9A #53C1BD #80D1CE #ADE1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#53C1BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#53C1BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C1BD

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C1BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C1BD	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B8BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ABBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c1bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 193, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.100 191.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed4d0',
    500: '#53c1bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c1bd;
$custom-light: #8ed4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c1bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.818,
    "s": 47.009,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7466,
    "c": 0.10018,
    "h": 191.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C1BD

secondary

#CFA1A2

accent

#5156D7

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C1BD

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

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