#53C9BE#53C9BE

#53C9BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.107 H 186.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C9BE
RGB	rgb(83, 201, 190)
HSL	hsl(174, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(174, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 0%, 5.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.40, -35.60, -4.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.40, 35.88, 187.11°)
OKLab	oklab(76.62% -0.1061 -0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(76.62% 0.107 186.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.7441, 47.3265, 56.0618)
Luminance	0.4733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C9BE #C9535E

analogous

#53C983 #53C9BE #5399C9

triadic

#53C9BE #BE53C9 #C9BE53

tetradic

#53C9BE #8353C9 #C9535E #99C953

square

#53C9BE #8353C9 #C9535E #99C953

split-complementary

#53C9BE #C95399 #C98353

monochromatic

#277B73 #35AA9F #53C9BE #82D8D0 #B0E6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#53C9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#53C9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C9BE

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C9BE	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBFBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB1BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 201, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.107 186.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdad1',
    500: '#53c9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c9be;
$custom-light: #8fdad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.407,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76616,
    "c": 0.10687,
    "h": 186.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C9BE

secondary

#D4A3A8

accent

#4C5ADC

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C9BE

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

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