#53C8BB#53C8BB

#53C8BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.107 H 185.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C8BB
RGB	rgb(83, 200, 187)
HSL	hsl(173, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(173, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 0%, 6.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.02, -35.92, -3.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.02, 36.08, 185.37°)
OKLab	oklab(76.28% -0.1064 -0.0097)
OKLCH	oklch(76.28% 0.107 185.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.1872, 46.7320, 54.2753)
Luminance	0.4673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C8BB #C85360

analogous

#53C880 #53C8BB #539BC8

triadic

#53C8BB #BB53C8 #C8BB53

tetradic

#53C8BB #8053C8 #C85360 #9BC853

square

#53C8BB #8053C8 #C85360 #9BC853

split-complementary

#53C8BB #C8539B #C88053

monochromatic

#277A70 #36A89B #53C8BB #81D7CD #B0E6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#53C8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#53C8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C8BB

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C8BB	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBEBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB0BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 200, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.107 185.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd9cf',
    500: '#53c8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c8bb;
$custom-light: #8fd9cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.333,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7628,
    "c": 0.10683,
    "h": 185.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C8BB

secondary

#D4A3A8

accent

#4D5DDB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C8BB

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

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