#53C7DB#53C7DB

#53C7DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.107 H 210.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C7DB
RGB	rgb(83, 199, 219)
HSL	hsl(189, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(189, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 9.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.70, -26.60, -19.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.70, 33.10, 216.52°)
OKLab	oklab(77.15% -0.0919 -0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(77.15% 0.107 210.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.7716, 47.7965, 74.2918)
Luminance	0.4780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C7DB #DB6753

analogous

#53DBAB #53C7DB #5383DB

triadic

#53C7DB #DB53C7 #C7DB53

tetradic

#53C7DB #AB53DB #DB6753 #83DB53

square

#53C7DB #AB53DB #DB6753 #83DB53

split-complementary

#53C7DB #DB5383 #DBAB53

monochromatic

#1F8395 #2AB0C7 #53C7DB #86D7E6 #B8E8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#53C7DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#53C7DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C7DB

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C7DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C7DB	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C0DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B1DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c7db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 199, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.107 210.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d8e6',
    500: '#53c7db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c7db;
$custom-light: #91d8e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c7db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.824,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77151,
    "c": 0.10689,
    "h": 210.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C7DB

secondary

#DFB2AA

accent

#583FE8

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C7DB

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

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