#53D8A7#53D8A7
#53D8A7 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.137 H 165.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #53D8A7 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(83, 216, 167) |
| HSL | hsl(158, 63%, 59%) |
| HSV | hsv(158, 62%, 85%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(61.6%, 0%, 22.7%, 15.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(78.31, -47.80, 13.54) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(78.31, 49.68, 164.18°) |
| OKLab | oklab(79.61% -0.1323 0.0347) |
| OKLCH | oklch(79.61% 0.137 165.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(35.0946, 53.7371, 45.0745) |
| Luminance | 0.5374 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | neutral |
| Family | teal |
Closest named colors
Eucalyptus
#44D7A8
ΔE00 1.19
Seafoam
#7FE0B3
ΔE00 4.23
Mediumaquamarine
#66CDAA
ΔE00 4.25
Aquamarine (survey)
#04D8B2
ΔE00 4.45
Aqua Marine
#2EE8BB
ΔE00 4.62
Aqua Green
#12E193
ΔE00 5.97
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#53D8A7 #D85384
analogous
#53D864 #53D8A7 #53C6D8
triadic
#53D8A7 #A753D8 #D8A753
tetradic
#53D8A7 #6453D8 #D85384 #C6D853
square
#53D8A7 #6453D8 #D85384 #C6D853
split-complementary
#53D8A7 #D853C6 #D86453
monochromatic
#219067 #2CC28B #53D8A7 #85E3C1 #B7EFDA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.79
#53D8A7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.75
#53D8A7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #53D8A7
11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##53D8A7 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##53D8A7 | 1.00 | 1.79 | 11.75 | 11.75 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.79 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.75 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.75 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D4CAA4
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C1BCAA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D8CA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C2C2C2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #53d8a7; /* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 216, 167); /* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.137 165.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#90e5c1',
500: '#53d8a7',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #53d8a7; $custom-light: #90e5c1; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#53d8a7",
"rgb": {
"r": 83,
"g": 216,
"b": 167
},
"hsl": {
"h": 157.895,
"s": 63.033,
"l": 58.627
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.79612,
"c": 0.13677,
"h": 165.3
},
"luminance": 0.53741
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#53D8A7
secondary
#953A5C
accent
#427EE6
background
#FCFEFD
surface
#F5FCF9
border
#CFD5D2
text
#0E1612
muted
#7F8482