#53C5BF#53C5BF

#53C5BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.103 H 190.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C5BF
RGB	rgb(83, 197, 191)
HSL	hsl(177, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(177, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 0%, 3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.24, -33.47, -6.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.24, 34.13, 191.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% -0.1014 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.103 190.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.9334, 45.5298, 56.3326)
Luminance	0.4553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C5BF #C55359

analogous

#53C586 #53C5BF #5392C5

triadic

#53C5BF #BF53C5 #C5BF53

tetradic

#53C5BF #8653C5 #C55359 #92C553

square

#53C5BF #8653C5 #C55359 #92C553

split-complementary

#53C5BF #C55392 #C58653

monochromatic

#287672 #37A49E #53C5BF #81D4D0 #AFE4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#53C5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#53C5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C5BF

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C5BF	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBCBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8AEC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 197, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.103 190.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd7d2',
    500: '#53c5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c5bf;
$custom-light: #8fd7d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.842,
    "s": 49.565,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75687,
    "c": 0.10313,
    "h": 190.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C5BF

secondary

#D2A2A4

accent

#4F56D9

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C5BF

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

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