#53C3BB#53C3BB

#53C3BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.102 H 188.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C3BB
RGB	rgb(83, 195, 187)
HSL	hsl(176, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(176, 57%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 0%, 4.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.53, -33.59, -5.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.53, 34.05, 189.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.08% -0.101 -0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(75.08% 0.102 188.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.0481, 44.4538, 53.8956)
Luminance	0.4446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C3BB #C3535B

analogous

#53C383 #53C3BB #5393C3

triadic

#53C3BB #BB53C3 #C3BB53

tetradic

#53C3BB #8353C3 #C3535B #93C353

square

#53C3BB #8353C3 #C3535B #93C353

split-complementary

#53C3BB #C35393 #C38353

monochromatic

#28736E #38A199 #53C3BB #80D3CD #AEE3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#53C3BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#53C3BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C3BB

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C3BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C3BB	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ACBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c3bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 195, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.102 188.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed5cf',
    500: '#53c3bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c3bb;
$custom-light: #8ed5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c3bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.714,
    "s": 48.276,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75075,
    "c": 0.10223,
    "h": 188.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C3BB

secondary

#D1A1A5

accent

#505AD8

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C3BB

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

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