#53C6AF#53C6AF

#53C6AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.110 H 177.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C6AF
RGB	rgb(83, 198, 175)
HSL	hsl(168, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(168, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 0%, 11.6%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.10, -38.06, 1.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.10, 38.10, 177.30°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% -0.1096 0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.11 177.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.4957, 45.3192, 47.6368)
Luminance	0.4532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C6AF #C6536A

analogous

#53C676 #53C6AF #53A3C6

triadic

#53C6AF #AF53C6 #C6AF53

tetradic

#53C6AF #7653C6 #C6536A #A3C653

square

#53C6AF #7653C6 #C6536A #A3C653

split-complementary

#53C6AF #C653A3 #C67653

monochromatic

#277767 #37A58F #53C6AF #81D5C4 #AFE4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#53C6AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#53C6AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C6AF

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C6AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C6AF	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBBAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAEB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c6af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 198, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.110 177.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed8c6',
    500: '#53c6af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c6af;
$custom-light: #8ed8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c6af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 50.218,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75431,
    "c": 0.10968,
    "h": 177.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C6AF

secondary

#D3A2AC

accent

#4E6ADA

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF8

border

#CCD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C6AF

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

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