#53C8D5#53C8D5

#53C8D5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.105 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C8D5
RGB	rgb(83, 200, 213)
HSL	hsl(186, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(186, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 6.1%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.79, -28.82, -16.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.79, 33.12, 209.50°)
OKLab	oklab(77.16% -0.0953 -0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(77.16% 0.105 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.2267, 47.9479, 70.2836)
Luminance	0.4795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C8D5 #D56053

analogous

#53D5A1 #53C8D5 #5387D5

triadic

#53C8D5 #D553C8 #C8D553

tetradic

#53C8D5 #A153D5 #D56053 #87D553

square

#53C8D5 #A153D5 #D56053 #87D553

split-complementary

#53C8D5 #D55387 #D5A153

monochromatic

#22818C #2EAEBD #53C8D5 #84D8E1 #B5E7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#53C8D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#53C8D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C8D5

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C8D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C8D5	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C0D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B2D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c8d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 200, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.105 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d9e1',
    500: '#53c8d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c8d5;
$custom-light: #91d9e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c8d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77163,
    "c": 0.10547,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C8D5

secondary

#DCADA8

accent

#5444E4

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C8D5

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

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