#53D8A6#53D8A6

#53D8A6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.138 H 164.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D8A6
RGB	rgb(83, 216, 166)
HSL	hsl(157, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(157, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 0%, 23.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.29, -48.02, 14.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.29, 50.03, 163.70°)
OKLab	oklab(79.59% -0.1328 0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(79.59% 0.138 164.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.0025, 53.7003, 44.5895)
Luminance	0.5370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D8A6 #D85385

analogous

#53D863 #53D8A6 #53C7D8

triadic

#53D8A6 #A653D8 #D8A653

tetradic

#53D8A6 #6353D8 #D85385 #C7D853

square

#53D8A6 #6353D8 #D85385 #C7D853

split-complementary

#53D8A6 #D853C7 #D86353

monochromatic

#219066 #2CC289 #53D8A6 #85E3C0 #B7EFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#53D8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#53D8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D8A6

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D8A6	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4CAA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BCA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 216, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.138 164.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e5c0',
    500: '#53d8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d8a6;
$custom-light: #90e5c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.444,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79587,
    "c": 0.13755,
    "h": 164.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D8A6

secondary

#953A5C

accent

#4280E6

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F5FCF9

border

#CFD5D2

text

#0E1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D8A6

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

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