#53C8BC#53C8BC

#53C8BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.107 H 185.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C8BC
RGB	rgb(83, 200, 188)
HSL	hsl(174, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(174, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 0%, 6%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.05, -35.66, -3.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.05, 35.87, 186.20°)
OKLab	oklab(76.31% -0.1059 -0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(76.31% 0.107 185.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.2946, 46.7750, 54.8410)
Luminance	0.4678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C8BC #C8535F

analogous

#53C881 #53C8BC #5399C8

triadic

#53C8BC #BC53C8 #C8BC53

tetradic

#53C8BC #8153C8 #C8535F #99C853

square

#53C8BC #8153C8 #C8535F #99C853

split-complementary

#53C8BC #C85399 #C88153

monochromatic

#277A71 #36A89C #53C8BC #81D7CE #B0E6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#53C8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#53C8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C8BC

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C8BC	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBEBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB0BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 200, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.107 185.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd9d0',
    500: '#53c8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c8bc;
$custom-light: #8fd9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.846,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76312,
    "c": 0.10651,
    "h": 185.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C8BC

secondary

#D4A3A8

accent

#4D5BDB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C8BC

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

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