#53C9BD#53C9BD

#53C9BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.107 H 186.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C9BD
RGB	rgb(83, 201, 189)
HSL	hsl(174, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(174, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 0%, 6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.37, -35.87, -3.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.37, 36.08, 186.27°)
OKLab	oklab(76.58% -0.1066 -0.0112)
OKLCH	oklch(76.58% 0.107 186)
XYZ	xyz(33.6351, 47.2830, 55.4882)
Luminance	0.4729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C9BD #C9535F

analogous

#53C982 #53C9BD #539AC9

triadic

#53C9BD #BD53C9 #C9BD53

tetradic

#53C9BD #8253C9 #C9535F #9AC953

square

#53C9BD #8253C9 #C9535F #9AC953

split-complementary

#53C9BD #C9539A #C98253

monochromatic

#277B72 #35AA9E #53C9BD #82D8CF #B0E6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#53C9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#53C9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C9BD

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C9BD	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBFBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB1BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 201, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.107 186.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdad0',
    500: '#53c9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c9bd;
$custom-light: #8fdad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.898,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76584,
    "c": 0.10716,
    "h": 186
  },
  "luminance": 0.47286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C9BD

secondary

#D4A3A8

accent

#4C5BDC

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C9BD

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

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