#53C2BA#53C2BA

#53C2BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.102 H 188.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C2BA
RGB	rgb(83, 194, 186)
HSL	hsl(176, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(176, 57%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 0%, 4.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.20, -33.38, -5.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.20, 33.83, 189.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% -0.1004 -0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.102 188.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.7181, 43.9646, 53.2593)
Luminance	0.4397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C2BA #C2535B

analogous

#53C283 #53C2BA #5392C2

triadic

#53C2BA #BA53C2 #C2BA53

tetradic

#53C2BA #8353C2 #C2535B #92C253

square

#53C2BA #8353C2 #C2535B #92C253

split-complementary

#53C2BA #C25392 #C28353

monochromatic

#28726D #389F98 #53C2BA #80D2CC #ADE2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#53C2BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#53C2BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C2BA

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C2BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C2BA	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B9BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ACBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c2ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 194, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.102 188.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed5ce',
    500: '#53c2ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c2ba;
$custom-light: #8ed5ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c2ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.676,
    "s": 47.639,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74802,
    "c": 0.10157,
    "h": 188.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C2BA

secondary

#D0A1A4

accent

#515AD7

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C2BA

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

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