#53C5BC#53C5BC

#53C5BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.104 H 188.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C5BC
RGB	rgb(83, 197, 188)
HSL	hsl(175, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(175, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 0%, 4.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.15, -34.26, -5.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.15, 34.66, 188.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% -0.1027 -0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.104 188.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.6066, 45.3990, 54.6117)
Luminance	0.4540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C5BC #C5535C

analogous

#53C583 #53C5BC #5395C5

triadic

#53C5BC #BC53C5 #C5BC53

tetradic

#53C5BC #8353C5 #C5535C #95C553

square

#53C5BC #8353C5 #C5535C #95C553

split-complementary

#53C5BC #C55395 #C58353

monochromatic

#287670 #37A49B #53C5BC #81D4CE #AFE4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#53C5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#53C5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C5BC

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C5BC	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBBBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AEBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 197, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.104 188.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd7d0',
    500: '#53c5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c5bc;
$custom-light: #8fd7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.263,
    "s": 49.565,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75589,
    "c": 0.10377,
    "h": 188.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C5BC

secondary

#D2A2A6

accent

#4F5AD9

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C5BC

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

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