#53C2BC#53C2BC

#53C2BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.101 H 190.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C2BC
RGB	rgb(83, 194, 188)
HSL	hsl(177, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(177, 57%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 0%, 3.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.26, -32.85, -6.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.26, 33.49, 191.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% -0.0995 -0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.101 190.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.9322, 44.0502, 54.3869)
Luminance	0.4405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C2BC #C25359

analogous

#53C285 #53C2BC #5391C2

triadic

#53C2BC #BC53C2 #C2BC53

tetradic

#53C2BC #8553C2 #C25359 #91C253

square

#53C2BC #8553C2 #C25359 #91C253

split-complementary

#53C2BC #C25391 #C28553

monochromatic

#28726E #389F9A #53C2BC #80D2CE #ADE2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#53C2BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#53C2BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C2BC

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C2BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C2BC	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B9BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ACBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c2bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 194, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.101 190.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed5d0',
    500: '#53c2bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c2bc;
$custom-light: #8ed5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c2bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.757,
    "s": 47.639,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74867,
    "c": 0.10116,
    "h": 190.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C2BC

secondary

#D0A1A3

accent

#5158D7

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C2BC

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

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