#53C3BF#53C3BF

#53C3BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.102 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C3BF
RGB	rgb(83, 195, 191)
HSL	hsl(178, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(178, 57%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 0%, 2.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.65, -32.52, -7.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.65, 33.39, 193.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% -0.0993 -0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.102 192)
XYZ	xyz(32.4823, 44.6275, 56.1823)
Luminance	0.4463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C3BF #C35357

analogous

#53C387 #53C3BF #538FC3

triadic

#53C3BF #BF53C3 #C3BF53

tetradic

#53C3BF #8753C3 #C35357 #8FC353

square

#53C3BF #8753C3 #C35357 #8FC353

split-complementary

#53C3BF #C3538F #C38753

monochromatic

#287371 #38A19D #53C3BF #80D3D0 #AEE3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#53C3BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#53C3BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C3BF

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C3BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C3BF	1.00	2.12	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ADC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c3bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 195, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.102 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd5d2',
    500: '#53c3bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c3bf;
$custom-light: #8fd5d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c3bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.857,
    "s": 48.276,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75207,
    "c": 0.1015,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.44631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C3BF

secondary

#D1A1A3

accent

#5055D8

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C3BF

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

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