#53C8CD#53C8CD

#53C8CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.104 H 199.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C8CD
RGB	rgb(83, 200, 205)
HSL	hsl(182, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(182, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 2.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.54, -31.08, -12.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.54, 33.44, 201.68°)
OKLab	oklab(76.88% -0.0986 -0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(76.88% 0.104 199.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.2363, 47.5517, 65.0672)
Luminance	0.4755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C8CD #CD5853

analogous

#53CD95 #53C8CD #538BCD

triadic

#53C8CD #CD53C8 #C8CD53

tetradic

#53C8CD #9553CD #CD5853 #8BCD53

square

#53C8CD #9553CD #CD5853 #8BCD53

split-complementary

#53C8CD #CD538B #CD9553

monochromatic

#257D80 #33ABB0 #53C8CD #82D7DB #B2E6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#53C8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#53C8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C8CD

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C8CD	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B1CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 200, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.104 199.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d9dc',
    500: '#53c8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c8cd;
$custom-light: #90d9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.459,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76877,
    "c": 0.10439,
    "h": 199.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C8CD

secondary

#D7A7A5

accent

#504ADE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C8CD

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

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