#53C4CD#53C4CD

#53C4CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.102 H 202.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C4CD
RGB	rgb(83, 196, 205)
HSL	hsl(184, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(184, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 4.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.37, -29.14, -14.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.37, 32.38, 205.85°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% -0.0944 -0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.102 202.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.3220, 45.7231, 64.7624)
Luminance	0.4573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C4CD #CD5C53

analogous

#53CD99 #53C4CD #5387CD

triadic

#53C4CD #CD53C4 #C4CD53

tetradic

#53C4CD #9953CD #CD5C53 #87CD53

square

#53C4CD #9953CD #CD5C53 #87CD53

split-complementary

#53C4CD #CD5387 #CD9953

monochromatic

#257A80 #33A7B0 #53C4CD #82D4DB #B2E5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#53C4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#53C4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C4CD

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C4CD	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BCCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AECE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 196, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.102 202.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d6dc',
    500: '#53c4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c4cd;
$custom-light: #90d6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.426,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75929,
    "c": 0.10219,
    "h": 202.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C4CD

secondary

#D7A9A5

accent

#544ADE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C4CD

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

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