#53C8D4#53C8D4

#53C8D4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.105 H 204.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C8D4
RGB	rgb(83, 200, 212)
HSL	hsl(186, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(186, 61%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 5.7%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.76, -29.11, -15.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.76, 33.13, 208.52°)
OKLab	oklab(77.13% -0.0957 -0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(77.13% 0.105 204.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.1002, 47.8972, 69.6172)
Luminance	0.4790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C8D4 #D45F53

analogous

#53D49F #53C8D4 #5388D4

triadic

#53C8D4 #D453C8 #C8D453

tetradic

#53C8D4 #9F53D4 #D45F53 #88D453

square

#53C8D4 #9F53D4 #D45F53 #88D453

split-complementary

#53C8D4 #D45388 #D49F53

monochromatic

#23808A #2FAEBB #53C8D4 #84D8E0 #B5E7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#53C8D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#53C8D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C8D4

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C8D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C8D4	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C0D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B2D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c8d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 200, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.105 204.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d9e1',
    500: '#53c8d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c8d4;
$custom-light: #91d9e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c8d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.581,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77126,
    "c": 0.10527,
    "h": 204.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C8D4

secondary

#DBACA8

accent

#5345E3

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C8D4

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

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