#53C3BE#53C3BE

#53C3BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.102 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C3BE
RGB	rgb(83, 195, 190)
HSL	hsl(177, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(177, 57%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 0%, 2.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.62, -32.79, -7.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.62, 33.54, 192.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.17% -0.0997 -0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(75.17% 0.102 191.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.3726, 44.5837, 55.6047)
Luminance	0.4459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C3BE #C35358

analogous

#53C386 #53C3BE #5390C3

triadic

#53C3BE #BE53C3 #C3BE53

tetradic

#53C3BE #8653C3 #C35358 #90C353

square

#53C3BE #8653C3 #C35358 #90C353

split-complementary

#53C3BE #C35390 #C38653

monochromatic

#287370 #38A19C #53C3BE #80D3CF #AEE3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#53C3BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#53C3BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C3BE

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C3BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C3BE	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ADBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c3be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 195, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.102 191.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd5d1',
    500: '#53c3be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c3be;
$custom-light: #8fd5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c3be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.321,
    "s": 48.276,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75174,
    "c": 0.10165,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C3BE

secondary

#D1A1A3

accent

#5056D8

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C3BE

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

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