#53C8D6#53C8D6

#53C8D6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.106 H 206.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C8D6
RGB	rgb(83, 200, 214)
HSL	hsl(186, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(186, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 6.5%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.82, -28.54, -16.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.82, 33.12, 210.49°)
OKLab	oklab(77.2% -0.0949 -0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(77.2% 0.106 206.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.3541, 47.9988, 70.9541)
Luminance	0.4800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C8D6 #D66153

analogous

#53D6A2 #53C8D6 #5386D6

triadic

#53C8D6 #D653C8 #C8D653

tetradic

#53C8D6 #A253D6 #D66153 #86D653

square

#53C8D6 #A253D6 #D66153 #86D653

split-complementary

#53C8D6 #D65386 #D6A253

monochromatic

#22828D #2DAFBE #53C8D6 #84D8E2 #B6E8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#53C8D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#53C8D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C8D6

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C8D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C8D6	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C1D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B2D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c8d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 200, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.106 206.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d9e2',
    500: '#53c8d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c8d6;
$custom-light: #91d9e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c8d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.412,
    "s": 61.502,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77199,
    "c": 0.10571,
    "h": 206.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C8D6

secondary

#DCAEA8

accent

#5443E5

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C8D6

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

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