#53C6BD#53C6BD

#53C6BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.104 H 188.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C6BD
RGB	rgb(83, 198, 189)
HSL	hsl(175, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(175, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 0%, 4.5%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.48, -34.47, -5.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.48, 34.87, 188.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.86% -0.1034 -0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(75.86% 0.104 188.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.9426, 45.8979, 55.2573)
Luminance	0.4590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C6BD #C6535C

analogous

#53C683 #53C6BD #5396C6

triadic

#53C6BD #BD53C6 #C6BD53

tetradic

#53C6BD #8353C6 #C6535C #96C653

square

#53C6BD #8353C6 #C6535C #96C653

split-complementary

#53C6BD #C65396 #C68353

monochromatic

#277771 #37A59C #53C6BD #81D5CF #AFE4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#53C6BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#53C6BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C6BD

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C6BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C6BD	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBCBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAFBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c6bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 198, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.104 188.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd8d0',
    500: '#53c6bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c6bd;
$custom-light: #8fd8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c6bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.304,
    "s": 50.218,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75862,
    "c": 0.10442,
    "h": 188.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C6BD

secondary

#D3A2A6

accent

#4E59DA

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C6BD

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

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