#53C8D2#53C8D2

#53C8D2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.105 H 203.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C8D2
RGB	rgb(83, 200, 210)
HSL	hsl(185, 59%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(185, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 4.8%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.70, -29.68, -14.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.70, 33.17, 206.55°)
OKLab	oklab(77.05% -0.0965 -0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(77.05% 0.105 203)
XYZ	xyz(35.8495, 47.7970, 68.2967)
Luminance	0.4780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C8D2 #D25D53

analogous

#53D29C #53C8D2 #5389D2

triadic

#53C8D2 #D253C8 #C8D253

tetradic

#53C8D2 #9C53D2 #D25D53 #89D253

square

#53C8D2 #9C53D2 #D25D53 #89D253

split-complementary

#53C8D2 #D25389 #D29C53

monochromatic

#237F87 #30ADB8 #53C8D2 #84D8DF #B4E7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#53C8D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#53C8D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C8D2

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C8D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C8D2	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)

#BAC0D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B2D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c8d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 200, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.105 203.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d9df',
    500: '#53c8d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c8d2;
$custom-light: #91d9df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c8d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.724,
    "s": 58.525,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77054,
    "c": 0.10492,
    "h": 203
  },
  "luminance": 0.47801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C8D2

secondary

#DAABA7

accent

#5246E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C8D2

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

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