#53C9BC#53C9BC

#53C9BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.107 H 185.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C9BC
RGB	rgb(83, 201, 188)
HSL	hsl(173, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(173, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 0%, 6.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.34, -36.13, -3.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.34, 36.29, 185.44°)
OKLab	oklab(76.55% -0.107 -0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(76.55% 0.107 185.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.5270, 47.2397, 54.9185)
Luminance	0.4724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C9BC #C95360

analogous

#53C981 #53C9BC #539BC9

triadic

#53C9BC #BC53C9 #C9BC53

tetradic

#53C9BC #8153C9 #C95360 #9BC953

square

#53C9BC #8153C9 #C95360 #9BC953

split-complementary

#53C9BC #C9539B #C98153

monochromatic

#277B72 #35AA9D #53C9BC #82D8CE #B0E6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#53C9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#53C9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C9BC

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C9BC	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BFBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB1BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 201, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.107 185.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdad0',
    500: '#53c9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c9bc;
$custom-light: #8fdad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.39,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76553,
    "c": 0.10746,
    "h": 185.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C9BC

secondary

#D4A3A9

accent

#4C5CDC

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C9BC

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

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