#53C6BF#53C6BF

#53C6BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.104 H 189.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C6BF
RGB	rgb(83, 198, 191)
HSL	hsl(176, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(176, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 0%, 3.5%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.54, -33.94, -6.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.54, 34.51, 190.45°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% -0.1025 -0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.104 189.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.1612, 45.9854, 56.4086)
Luminance	0.4599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C6BF #C6535A

analogous

#53C686 #53C6BF #5393C6

triadic

#53C6BF #BF53C6 #C6BF53

tetradic

#53C6BF #8653C6 #C6535A #93C653

square

#53C6BF #8653C6 #C6535A #93C653

split-complementary

#53C6BF #C65393 #C68653

monochromatic

#277772 #37A59E #53C6BF #81D5D0 #AFE4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#53C6BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#53C6BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C6BF

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C6BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C6BF	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBCBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AFC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c6bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 198, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.104 189.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd7d2',
    500: '#53c6bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c6bf;
$custom-light: #8fd7d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c6bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.348,
    "s": 50.218,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75927,
    "c": 0.10398,
    "h": 189.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C6BF

secondary

#D3A2A5

accent

#4E57DA

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C6BF

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

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