#53CBAD#53CBAD

#53CBAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.117 H 173.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CBAD
RGB	rgb(83, 203, 173)
HSL	hsl(165, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(165, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 0%, 14.8%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.55, -40.80, 4.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.55, 41.10, 173.05°)
OKLab	oklab(76.59% -0.1159 0.0125)
OKLCH	oklch(76.59% 0.117 173.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.4625, 47.5647, 46.9972)
Luminance	0.4757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CBAD #CB5371

analogous

#53CB71 #53CBAD #53ADCB

triadic

#53CBAD #AD53CB #CBAD53

tetradic

#53CBAD #7153CB #CB5371 #ADCB53

square

#53CBAD #7153CB #CB5371 #ADCB53

split-complementary

#53CBAD #CB53AD #CB7153

monochromatic

#267E68 #34AD8F #53CBAD #82D9C3 #B1E7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#53CBAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#53CBAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CBAD

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CBAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CBAD	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BFAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B2AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cbad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 203, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.117 173.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdbc5',
    500: '#53cbad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cbad;
$custom-light: #8fdbc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cbad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76591,
    "c": 0.11655,
    "h": 173.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CBAD

secondary

#D6A4B1

accent

#4B6FDD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF8

border

#CCD4D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CBAD

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

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