#53C2BD#53C2BD

#53C2BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.101 H 191.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C2BD
RGB	rgb(83, 194, 189)
HSL	hsl(177, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(177, 57%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 0%, 2.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.29, -32.58, -7.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.29, 33.33, 192.15°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% -0.0991 -0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.101 191.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.0404, 44.0935, 54.9566)
Luminance	0.4410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C2BD #C25358

analogous

#53C286 #53C2BD #5390C2

triadic

#53C2BD #BD53C2 #C2BD53

tetradic

#53C2BD #8653C2 #C25358 #90C253

square

#53C2BD #8653C2 #C25358 #90C253

split-complementary

#53C2BD #C25390 #C28653

monochromatic

#28726F #389F9B #53C2BD #80D2CE #ADE2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#53C2BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#53C2BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C2BD

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C2BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C2BD	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B9BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ACBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c2bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 194, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.101 191.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed5d0',
    500: '#53c2bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c2bd;
$custom-light: #8ed5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c2bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.297,
    "s": 47.639,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.749,
    "c": 0.10098,
    "h": 191.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C2BD

secondary

#D0A1A3

accent

#5157D7

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C2BD

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

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