#53C2B2#53C2B2

#53C2B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.104 H 182.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C2B2
RGB	rgb(83, 194, 178)
HSL	hsl(171, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(171, 57%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 0%, 8.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.98, -35.47, -1.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.98, 35.50, 182.37°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% -0.1039 -0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.104 182.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.8914, 43.6339, 48.9051)
Luminance	0.4364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C2B2 #C25363

analogous

#53C27B #53C2B2 #539BC2

triadic

#53C2B2 #B253C2 #C2B253

tetradic

#53C2B2 #7B53C2 #C25363 #9BC253

square

#53C2B2 #7B53C2 #C25363 #9BC253

split-complementary

#53C2B2 #C2539B #C27B53

monochromatic

#287268 #389F90 #53C2B2 #80D2C6 #ADE2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#53C2B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#53C2B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C2B2

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C2B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C2B2	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)

#BAB8B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ABB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c2b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 194, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.104 182.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed5c9',
    500: '#53c2b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c2b2;
$custom-light: #8ed5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c2b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.351,
    "s": 47.639,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74549,
    "c": 0.10403,
    "h": 182.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C2B2

secondary

#D0A1A8

accent

#5164D7

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C2B2

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

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