#53C4BE#53C4BE

#53C4BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.102 H 190.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C4BE
RGB	rgb(83, 196, 190)
HSL	hsl(177, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(177, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 0%, 3.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.91, -33.26, -6.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.91, 33.92, 191.28°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% -0.1008 -0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.102 190.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.5974, 45.0333, 55.6796)
Luminance	0.4504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C4BE #C45359

analogous

#53C485 #53C4BE #5392C4

triadic

#53C4BE #BE53C4 #C4BE53

tetradic

#53C4BE #8553C4 #C45359 #92C453

square

#53C4BE #8553C4 #C45359 #92C453

split-complementary

#53C4BE #C45392 #C48553

monochromatic

#287571 #38A29D #53C4BE #81D4CF #AEE3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#53C4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#53C4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C4BE

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C4BE	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABBBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ADBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 196, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.102 190.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd6d1',
    500: '#53c4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c4be;
$custom-light: #8fd6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.814,
    "s": 48.918,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75414,
    "c": 0.10247,
    "h": 190.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C4BE

secondary

#D1A2A4

accent

#4F57D8

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C4BE

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

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