#53C8A8#53C8A8

#53C8A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.116 H 172.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C8A8
RGB	rgb(83, 200, 168)
HSL	hsl(164, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(164, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 0%, 16%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.53, -40.66, 6.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.53, 41.13, 171.33°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% -0.1149 0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.116 172.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.2861, 45.9716, 44.2628)
Luminance	0.4597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C8A8 #C85373

analogous

#53C86D #53C8A8 #53ADC8

triadic

#53C8A8 #A853C8 #C8A853

tetradic

#53C8A8 #6D53C8 #C85373 #ADC853

square

#53C8A8 #6D53C8 #C85373 #ADC853

split-complementary

#53C8A8 #C853AD #C86D53

monochromatic

#277A63 #36A889 #53C8A8 #81D7BF #B0E6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#53C8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#53C8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C8A8

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C8A8	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)

#C2BCA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AFAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 200, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.116 172.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed9c1',
    500: '#53c8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c8a8;
$custom-light: #8ed9c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.59,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75719,
    "c": 0.11602,
    "h": 172.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C8A8

secondary

#D4A3B0

accent

#4D74DB

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F2FAF7

border

#CCD3D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C8A8

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

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