#53C4B2#53C4B2

#53C4B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.106 H 181.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C4B2
RGB	rgb(83, 196, 178)
HSL	hsl(170, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(170, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 0%, 9.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.58, -36.39, -0.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.58, 36.40, 180.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75.03% -0.1061 -0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(75.03% 0.106 181.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.3395, 44.5301, 49.0544)
Luminance	0.4453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C4B2 #C45365

analogous

#53C479 #53C4B2 #539EC4

triadic

#53C4B2 #B253C4 #C4B253

tetradic

#53C4B2 #7953C4 #C45365 #9EC453

square

#53C4B2 #7953C4 #C45365 #9EC453

split-complementary

#53C4B2 #C4539E #C47953

monochromatic

#287568 #38A291 #53C4B2 #81D4C6 #AEE3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#53C4B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#53C4B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C4B2

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C4B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C4B2	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBAB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABADB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c4b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 196, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.106 181.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed6c9',
    500: '#53c4b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c4b2;
$custom-light: #8ed6c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c4b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.442,
    "s": 48.918,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75034,
    "c": 0.10612,
    "h": 181.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C4B2

secondary

#D1A2A9

accent

#4F65D8

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF8

border

#CCD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C4B2

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

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