#53C8D3#53C8D3

#53C8D3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.105 H 203.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C8D3
RGB	rgb(83, 200, 211)
HSL	hsl(185, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(185, 61%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 5.2%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.73, -29.39, -15.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.73, 33.15, 207.53°)
OKLab	oklab(77.09% -0.0961 -0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(77.09% 0.105 203.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.9745, 47.8469, 68.9549)
Luminance	0.4785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C8D3 #D35E53

analogous

#53D39E #53C8D3 #5388D3

triadic

#53C8D3 #D353C8 #C8D353

tetradic

#53C8D3 #9E53D3 #D35E53 #88D353

square

#53C8D3 #9E53D3 #D35E53 #88D353

split-complementary

#53C8D3 #D35388 #D39E53

monochromatic

#238089 #2FAEB9 #53C8D3 #84D8DF #B4E7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#53C8D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#53C8D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C8D3

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C8D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C8D3	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C0D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B2D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c8d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 200, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.105 203.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d9e0',
    500: '#53c8d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c8d3;
$custom-light: #91d9e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c8d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.156,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7709,
    "c": 0.10508,
    "h": 203.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C8D3

secondary

#DBACA7

accent

#5345E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C8D3

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

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