#53C8BF#53C8BF

#53C8BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.106 H 188.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C8BF
RGB	rgb(83, 200, 191)
HSL	hsl(175, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(175, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 0%, 4.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.13, -34.88, -5.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.13, 35.29, 188.77°)
OKLab	oklab(76.41% -0.1046 -0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(76.41% 0.106 188.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.6214, 46.9057, 56.5620)
Luminance	0.4691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C8BF #C8535C

analogous

#53C885 #53C8BF #5396C8

triadic

#53C8BF #BF53C8 #C8BF53

tetradic

#53C8BF #8553C8 #C8535C #96C853

square

#53C8BF #8553C8 #C8535C #96C853

split-complementary

#53C8BF #C85396 #C88553

monochromatic

#277A73 #36A89F #53C8BF #81D7D0 #B0E6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#53C8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#53C8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C8BF

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C8BF	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBEBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB1C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 200, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.106 188.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd9d2',
    500: '#53c8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c8bf;
$custom-light: #8fd9d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.385,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76408,
    "c": 0.10571,
    "h": 188.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C8BF

secondary

#D4A3A7

accent

#4D58DB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C8BF

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

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