#53C8AB#53C8AB

#53C8AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.114 H 174.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C8AB
RGB	rgb(83, 200, 171)
HSL	hsl(165, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(165, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 0%, 14.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.60, -39.94, 4.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.60, 40.22, 173.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% -0.1136 0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.114 174.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.5688, 46.0847, 45.7517)
Luminance	0.4609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C8AB #C85370

analogous

#53C870 #53C8AB #53ABC8

triadic

#53C8AB #AB53C8 #C8AB53

tetradic

#53C8AB #7053C8 #C85370 #ABC853

square

#53C8AB #7053C8 #C85370 #ABC853

split-complementary

#53C8AB #C853AB #C87053

monochromatic

#277A65 #36A88C #53C8AB #81D7C2 #B0E6D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#53C8AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#53C8AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C8AB

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C8AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C8AB	1.00	2.06	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BCAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B0AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c8ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 200, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.114 174.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed9c4',
    500: '#53c8ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c8ab;
$custom-light: #8ed9c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c8ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.128,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75803,
    "c": 0.11418,
    "h": 174.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C8AB

secondary

#D4A3AF

accent

#4D70DB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF8

border

#CCD3D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C8AB

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

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