#53C8BA#53C8BA

#53C8BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.107 H 184.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C8BA
RGB	rgb(83, 200, 186)
HSL	hsl(173, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(173, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 0%, 7%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.99, -36.18, -2.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.99, 36.30, 184.54°)
OKLab	oklab(76.25% -0.1068 -0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(76.25% 0.107 184.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.0805, 46.6894, 53.7134)
Luminance	0.4669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C8BA #C85361

analogous

#53C880 #53C8BA #539BC8

triadic

#53C8BA #BA53C8 #C8BA53

tetradic

#53C8BA #8053C8 #C85361 #9BC853

square

#53C8BA #8053C8 #C85361 #9BC853

split-complementary

#53C8BA #C8539B #C88053

monochromatic

#277A70 #36A89A #53C8BA #81D7CD #B0E6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#53C8BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#53C8BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C8BA

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C8BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C8BA	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBEBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB0BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c8ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 200, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.107 184.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd9ce',
    500: '#53c8ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c8ba;
$custom-light: #8fd9ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c8ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.821,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76249,
    "c": 0.10715,
    "h": 184.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C8BA

secondary

#D4A3A9

accent

#4D5EDB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C8BA

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

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