#53C8B6#53C8B6

#53C8B6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.109 H 181.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C8B6
RGB	rgb(83, 200, 182)
HSL	hsl(171, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(171, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 0%, 9%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.88, -37.21, -0.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.88, 37.22, 181.33°)
OKLab	oklab(76.13% -0.1086 -0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(76.13% 0.109 181.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.6612, 46.5217, 51.5052)
Luminance	0.4652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C8B6 #C85365

analogous

#53C87B #53C8B6 #53A0C8

triadic

#53C8B6 #B653C8 #C8B653

tetradic

#53C8B6 #7B53C8 #C85365 #A0C853

square

#53C8B6 #7B53C8 #C85365 #A0C853

split-complementary

#53C8B6 #C853A0 #C87B53

monochromatic

#277A6D #36A896 #53C8B6 #81D7CA #B0E6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#53C8B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#53C8B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C8B6

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C8B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C8B6	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BDB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB0B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c8b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 200, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.109 181.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd9cb',
    500: '#53c8b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c8b6;
$custom-light: #8fd9cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c8b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.769,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76126,
    "c": 0.10865,
    "h": 181.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C8B6

secondary

#D4A3AB

accent

#4D63DB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF8

border

#CCD3D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C8B6

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

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