#53C9BB#53C9BB

#53C9BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.108 H 184.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C9BB
RGB	rgb(83, 201, 187)
HSL	hsl(173, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(173, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 0%, 7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.32, -36.39, -2.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.32, 36.50, 184.62°)
OKLab	oklab(76.52% -0.1074 -0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(76.52% 0.108 184.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.4195, 47.1967, 54.3527)
Luminance	0.4720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C9BB #C95361

analogous

#53C980 #53C9BB #539CC9

triadic

#53C9BB #BB53C9 #C9BB53

tetradic

#53C9BB #8053C9 #C95361 #9CC953

square

#53C9BB #8053C9 #C95361 #9CC953

split-complementary

#53C9BB #C9539C #C98053

monochromatic

#277B71 #35AA9C #53C9BB #82D8CD #B0E6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#53C9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#53C9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C9BB

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C9BB	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BFBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB1BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 201, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.108 184.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdacf',
    500: '#53c9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c9bb;
$custom-light: #8fdacf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.881,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76522,
    "c": 0.10779,
    "h": 184.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C9BB

secondary

#D4A3A9

accent

#4C5DDC

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF9

border

#CCD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C9BB

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

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