#53C8A0#53C8A0

#53C8A0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.121 H 167.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#53C8A0
RGBrgb(83, 200, 160)
HSLhsl(159, 52%, 55%)
HSVhsv(159, 59%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(58.5%, 0%, 20%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(73.34, -42.53, 10.25)
CIE-LCHlch(73.34, 43.75, 166.45°)
OKLaboklab(75.5% -0.1186 0.0263)
OKLCHoklch(75.5% 0.121 167.5)
XYZxyz(30.5636, 45.6826, 40.4578)
Luminance0.4569 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#53C8A0 #C8537B
analogous
#53C865 #53C8A0 #53B6C8
triadic
#53C8A0 #A053C8 #C8A053
tetradic
#53C8A0 #6553C8 #C8537B #B6C853
square
#53C8A0 #6553C8 #C8537B #B6C853
split-complementary
#53C8A0 #C853B6 #C86553
monochromatic
#277A5D #36A881 #53C8A0 #81D7BA #B0E6D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07
#53C8A0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14
#53C8A0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C8A0
10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##53C8A0#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##53C8A01.002.0710.1410.14
#FFFFFF2.071.0021.0021.00
#00000010.1421.001.001.00
##00000010.1421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C4BB9E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B3AFA3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#05C9BD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #53c8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 200, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.121 167.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed9bc',
    500: '#53c8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #53c8a0;
$custom-light: #8ed9bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#53c8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.487,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75503,
    "c": 0.12148,
    "h": 167.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#53C8A0
secondary
#D4A3B4
accent
#4D7DDB
background
#F9FDFB
surface
#F1FAF6
border
#CBD3D0
text
#0D1512
muted
#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C8A0

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#53C8A0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva