#53C4BD#53C4BD

#53C4BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.103 H 189.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C4BD
RGB	rgb(83, 196, 189)
HSL	hsl(176, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(176, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 0%, 3.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.89, -33.53, -6.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.89, 34.09, 190.37°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% -0.1012 -0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.103 189.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4885, 44.9897, 55.1060)
Luminance	0.4499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C4BD #C4535A

analogous

#53C484 #53C4BD #5393C4

triadic

#53C4BD #BD53C4 #C4BD53

tetradic

#53C4BD #8453C4 #C4535A #93C453

square

#53C4BD #8453C4 #C4535A #93C453

split-complementary

#53C4BD #C45393 #C48453

monochromatic

#287570 #38A29C #53C4BD #81D4CE #AEE3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#53C4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#53C4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C4BD

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C4BD	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABBBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ADBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 196, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.103 189.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd6d0',
    500: '#53c4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c4bd;
$custom-light: #8fd6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.283,
    "s": 48.918,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75381,
    "c": 0.10267,
    "h": 189.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C4BD

secondary

#D1A2A5

accent

#4F58D8

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C4BD

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

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