#53C5BE#53C5BE

#53C5BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.103 H 189.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C5BE
RGB	rgb(83, 197, 190)
HSL	hsl(176, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(176, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 0%, 3.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.21, -33.73, -6.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.21, 34.30, 190.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.65% -0.1019 -0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(75.65% 0.103 189.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.8237, 45.4859, 55.7550)
Luminance	0.4549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C5BE #C5535A

analogous

#53C585 #53C5BE #5393C5

triadic

#53C5BE #BE53C5 #C5BE53

tetradic

#53C5BE #8553C5 #C5535A #93C553

square

#53C5BE #8553C5 #C5535A #93C553

split-complementary

#53C5BE #C55393 #C58553

monochromatic

#287671 #37A49D #53C5BE #81D4CF #AFE4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#53C5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#53C5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C5BE

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C5BE	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBCBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AEBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 197, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.103 189.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd7d1',
    500: '#53c5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c5be;
$custom-light: #8fd7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.316,
    "s": 49.565,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75654,
    "c": 0.10333,
    "h": 189.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C5BE

secondary

#D2A2A5

accent

#4F57D9

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C5BE

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

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