#53C8D0#53C8D0

#53C8D0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.105 H 201.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C8D0
RGB	rgb(83, 200, 208)
HSL	hsl(184, 57%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(184, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 3.8%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.63, -30.24, -13.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.63, 33.26, 204.59°)
OKLab	oklab(76.98% -0.0974 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(76.98% 0.105 201.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.6019, 47.6979, 66.9926)
Luminance	0.4770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C8D0 #D05B53

analogous

#53D09A #53C8D0 #538AD0

triadic

#53C8D0 #D053C8 #C8D053

tetradic

#53C8D0 #9A53D0 #D05B53 #8AD053

square

#53C8D0 #9A53D0 #D05B53 #8AD053

split-complementary

#53C8D0 #D0538A #D09A53

monochromatic

#247E84 #31ACB4 #53C8D0 #83D7DD #B3E7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#53C8D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#53C8D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C8D0

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C8D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C8D0	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC0D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B2D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c8d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 200, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.105 201.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d9de',
    500: '#53c8d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c8d0;
$custom-light: #90d9de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c8d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.84,
    "s": 57.078,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76983,
    "c": 0.10464,
    "h": 201.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C8D0

secondary

#D9A9A6

accent

#5147E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C8D0

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

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