#53C5CD#53C5CD

#53C5CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.103 H 201.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C5CD
RGB	rgb(83, 197, 205)
HSL	hsl(184, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(184, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 3.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.66, -29.63, -13.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.66, 32.63, 204.78°)
OKLab	oklab(76.17% -0.0955 -0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(76.17% 0.103 201.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.5483, 46.1757, 64.8379)
Luminance	0.4618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C5CD #CD5B53

analogous

#53CD98 #53C5CD #5388CD

triadic

#53C5CD #CD53C5 #C5CD53

tetradic

#53C5CD #9853CD #CD5B53 #88CD53

square

#53C5CD #9853CD #CD5B53 #88CD53

split-complementary

#53C5CD #CD5388 #CD9853

monochromatic

#257A80 #33A8B0 #53C5CD #82D5DB #B2E5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#53C5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#53C5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C5CD

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C5CD	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BDCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AFCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 197, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.103 201.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d7dc',
    500: '#53c5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c5cd;
$custom-light: #90d7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.934,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76166,
    "c": 0.1027,
    "h": 201.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C5CD

secondary

#D7A8A5

accent

#534ADE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C5CD

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

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