#53C3BC#53C3BC

#53C3BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.102 H 189.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C3BC
RGB	rgb(83, 195, 188)
HSL	hsl(176, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(176, 57%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 0%, 3.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.56, -33.32, -6.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.56, 33.87, 190.32°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% -0.1006 -0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.102 189.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.1555, 44.4968, 54.4613)
Luminance	0.4450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C3BC #C3535A

analogous

#53C384 #53C3BC #5392C3

triadic

#53C3BC #BC53C3 #C3BC53

tetradic

#53C3BC #8453C3 #C3535A #92C353

square

#53C3BC #8453C3 #C3535A #92C353

split-complementary

#53C3BC #C35392 #C38453

monochromatic

#28736F #38A19A #53C3BC #80D3CE #AEE3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#53C3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#53C3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C3BC

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C3BC	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ACBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 195, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.102 189.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd5d0',
    500: '#53c3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c3bc;
$custom-light: #8fd5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.25,
    "s": 48.276,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75108,
    "c": 0.10201,
    "h": 189.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C3BC

secondary

#D1A1A4

accent

#5058D8

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C3BC

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

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