#53C8D7#53C8D7

#53C8D7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.106 H 206.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C8D7
RGB	rgb(83, 200, 215)
HSL	hsl(187, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(187, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 7%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.86, -28.25, -17.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.86, 33.12, 211.47°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% -0.0945 -0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.106 206.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.4822, 48.0500, 71.6287)
Luminance	0.4805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C8D7 #D76253

analogous

#53D7A4 #53C8D7 #5386D7

triadic

#53C8D7 #D753C8 #C8D753

tetradic

#53C8D7 #A453D7 #D76253 #86D753

square

#53C8D7 #A453D7 #D76253 #86D753

split-complementary

#53C8D7 #D75386 #D7A453

monochromatic

#21828E #2DAFC0 #53C8D7 #85D8E3 #B6E8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#53C8D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#53C8D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C8D7

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C8D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C8D7	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C1D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B2D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c8d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 200, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.106 206.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d9e3',
    500: '#53c8d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c8d7;
$custom-light: #91d9e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c8d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.818,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77236,
    "c": 0.10596,
    "h": 206.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C8D7

secondary

#DDAFA9

accent

#5542E5

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C8D7

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

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