#53C8D1#53C8D1

#53C8D1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.105 H 202.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C8D1
RGB	rgb(83, 200, 209)
HSL	hsl(184, 58%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(184, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 4.3%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.67, -29.96, -14.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.67, 33.21, 205.57°)
OKLab	oklab(77.02% -0.097 -0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(77.02% 0.105 202.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.7253, 47.7473, 67.6426)
Luminance	0.4775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C8D1 #D15C53

analogous

#53D19B #53C8D1 #5389D1

triadic

#53C8D1 #D153C8 #C8D153

tetradic

#53C8D1 #9B53D1 #D15C53 #89D153

square

#53C8D1 #9B53D1 #D15C53 #89D153

split-complementary

#53C8D1 #D15389 #D19B53

monochromatic

#247F86 #31ADB6 #53C8D1 #83D7DE #B4E7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#53C8D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#53C8D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C8D1

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C8D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C8D1	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC0D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B2D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c8d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 200, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.105 202.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d9df',
    500: '#53c8d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c8d1;
$custom-light: #91d9df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c8d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.286,
    "s": 57.798,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77018,
    "c": 0.10477,
    "h": 202.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C8D1

secondary

#D9AAA6

accent

#5247E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C8D1

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

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