#53C8B3#53C8B3

#53C8B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.110 H 179.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C8B3
RGB	rgb(83, 200, 179)
HSL	hsl(169, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(169, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 0%, 10.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.80, -37.97, 0.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.80, 37.98, 179.02°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% -0.1099 0.0011)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.11 179.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.3545, 46.3990, 49.8899)
Luminance	0.4640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C8B3 #C85368

analogous

#53C878 #53C8B3 #53A2C8

triadic

#53C8B3 #B353C8 #C8B353

tetradic

#53C8B3 #7853C8 #C85368 #A2C853

square

#53C8B3 #7853C8 #C85368 #A2C853

split-complementary

#53C8B3 #C853A2 #C87853

monochromatic

#277A6B #36A894 #53C8B3 #81D7C7 #B0E6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#53C8B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#53C8B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C8B3

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C8B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C8B3	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BDB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB0B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c8b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 200, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.110 179.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd9c9',
    500: '#53c8b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c8b3;
$custom-light: #8fd9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c8b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.231,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76035,
    "c": 0.10996,
    "h": 179.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C8B3

secondary

#D4A3AC

accent

#4D66DB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF8

border

#CCD3D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C8B3

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

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