#53C8B2#53C8B2

#53C8B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.110 H 178.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C8B2
RGB	rgb(83, 200, 178)
HSL	hsl(169, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(169, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 0%, 11%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.78, -38.22, 1.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.78, 38.24, 178.28°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% -0.1104 0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.11 178.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.2538, 46.3587, 49.3592)
Luminance	0.4636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C8B2 #C85369

analogous

#53C877 #53C8B2 #53A3C8

triadic

#53C8B2 #B253C8 #C8B253

tetradic

#53C8B2 #7753C8 #C85369 #A3C853

square

#53C8B2 #7753C8 #C85369 #A3C853

split-complementary

#53C8B2 #C853A3 #C87753

monochromatic

#277A6A #36A893 #53C8B2 #81D7C7 #B0E6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#53C8B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#53C8B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C8B2

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C8B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C8B2	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BDB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB0B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c8b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 200, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.110 178.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed9c9',
    500: '#53c8b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c8b2;
$custom-light: #8ed9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c8b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.718,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76006,
    "c": 0.11043,
    "h": 178.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C8B2

secondary

#D4A3AC

accent

#4D68DB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF8

border

#CCD3D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C8B2

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

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