#53C8B8#53C8B8

#53C8B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.108 H 183.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C8B8
RGB	rgb(83, 200, 184)
HSL	hsl(172, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(172, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 0%, 8%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.94, -36.70, -1.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.94, 36.75, 182.91°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% -0.1077 -0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.108 183)
XYZ	xyz(32.8694, 46.6049, 52.6015)
Luminance	0.4661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C8B8 #C85363

analogous

#53C87D #53C8B8 #539DC8

triadic

#53C8B8 #B853C8 #C8B853

tetradic

#53C8B8 #7D53C8 #C85363 #9DC853

square

#53C8B8 #7D53C8 #C85363 #9DC853

split-complementary

#53C8B8 #C8539D #C87D53

monochromatic

#277A6E #36A898 #53C8B8 #81D7CB #B0E6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#53C8B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#53C8B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C8B8

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C8B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C8B8	1.00	2.03	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBDB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB0BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c8b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 200, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.108 183.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd9cd',
    500: '#53c8b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c8b8;
$custom-light: #8fd9cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c8b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.795,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76187,
    "c": 0.10787,
    "h": 183
  },
  "luminance": 0.46608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C8B8

secondary

#D4A3AA

accent

#4D60DB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C8B8

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

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