#53C3BA#53C3BA

#53C3BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.102 H 188.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C3BA
RGB	rgb(83, 195, 186)
HSL	hsl(175, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(175, 57%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 0%, 4.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.50, -33.85, -5.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.50, 34.23, 188.51°)
OKLab	oklab(75.04% -0.1015 -0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(75.04% 0.102 188)
XYZ	xyz(31.9414, 44.4112, 53.3338)
Luminance	0.4441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C3BA #C3535C

analogous

#53C382 #53C3BA #5394C3

triadic

#53C3BA #BA53C3 #C3BA53

tetradic

#53C3BA #8253C3 #C3535C #94C353

square

#53C3BA #8253C3 #C3535C #94C353

split-complementary

#53C3BA #C35394 #C38253

monochromatic

#28736D #38A198 #53C3BA #80D3CC #AEE3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#53C3BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#53C3BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C3BA

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C3BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C3BA	1.00	2.12	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B9BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ACBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c3ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 195, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.102 188.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed5ce',
    500: '#53c3ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c3ba;
$custom-light: #8ed5ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c3ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.179,
    "s": 48.276,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75043,
    "c": 0.10246,
    "h": 188
  },
  "luminance": 0.44414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C3BA

secondary

#D1A1A5

accent

#505BD8

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C3BA

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

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