#53C2BF#53C2BF

#53C2BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.101 H 192.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C2BF
RGB	rgb(83, 194, 191)
HSL	hsl(178, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(178, 57%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 0%, 1.5%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.35, -32.04, -8.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.35, 33.03, 194.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% -0.0982 -0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.101 192.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.2590, 44.1809, 56.1078)
Luminance	0.4418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C2BF #C25356

analogous

#53C288 #53C2BF #538EC2

triadic

#53C2BF #BF53C2 #C2BF53

tetradic

#53C2BF #8853C2 #C25356 #8EC253

square

#53C2BF #8853C2 #C25356 #8EC253

split-complementary

#53C2BF #C2538E #C28853

monochromatic

#287270 #389F9D #53C2BF #80D2D0 #ADE2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#53C2BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#53C2BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C2BF

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C2BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C2BF	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B9BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ACC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c2bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 194, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.101 192.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd5d2',
    500: '#53c2bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c2bf;
$custom-light: #8fd5d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c2bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.378,
    "s": 47.639,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74967,
    "c": 0.10071,
    "h": 192.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C2BF

secondary

#D0A1A2

accent

#5154D7

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C2BF

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

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