#53C5BB#53C5BB

#53C5BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.104 H 187.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C5BB
RGB	rgb(83, 197, 187)
HSL	hsl(175, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(175, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 0%, 5.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.13, -34.53, -4.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.13, 34.84, 187.73°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% -0.1032 -0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.104 187.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.4992, 45.3561, 54.0460)
Luminance	0.4536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C5BB #C5535D

analogous

#53C582 #53C5BB #5396C5

triadic

#53C5BB #BB53C5 #C5BB53

tetradic

#53C5BB #8253C5 #C5535D #96C553

square

#53C5BB #8253C5 #C5535D #96C553

split-complementary

#53C5BB #C55396 #C58253

monochromatic

#28766F #37A49A #53C5BB #81D4CD #AFE4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#53C5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#53C5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C5BB

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C5BB	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBBBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AEBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 197, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.104 187.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd7cf',
    500: '#53c5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c5bb;
$custom-light: #8fd7cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.737,
    "s": 49.565,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75557,
    "c": 0.10402,
    "h": 187.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C5BB

secondary

#D2A2A6

accent

#4F5BD9

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C5BB

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

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