#53C8A9#53C8A9

#53C8A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.115 H 172.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C8A9
RGB	rgb(83, 200, 169)
HSL	hsl(164, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(164, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 0%, 15.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.55, -40.42, 5.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.55, 40.82, 171.98°)
OKLab	oklab(75.75% -0.1145 0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(75.75% 0.115 172.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.3796, 46.0090, 44.7553)
Luminance	0.4601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C8A9 #C85372

analogous

#53C86F #53C8A9 #53ACC8

triadic

#53C8A9 #A953C8 #C8A953

tetradic

#53C8A9 #6F53C8 #C85372 #ACC853

square

#53C8A9 #6F53C8 #C85372 #ACC853

split-complementary

#53C8A9 #C853AC #C86F53

monochromatic

#277A64 #36A88A #53C8A9 #81D7C0 #B0E6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#53C8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#53C8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C8A9

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C8A9	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)

#C2BCA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B0AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 200, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.115 172.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed9c2',
    500: '#53c8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c8a9;
$custom-light: #8ed9c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.103,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75747,
    "c": 0.11539,
    "h": 172.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C8A9

secondary

#D4A3B0

accent

#4D72DB

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F2FAF7

border

#CCD3D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C8A9

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

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