#53C8D8#53C8D8

#53C8D8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.106 H 207.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C8D8
RGB	rgb(83, 200, 216)
HSL	hsl(187, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(187, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 7.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.89, -27.96, -17.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.89, 33.14, 212.46°)
OKLab	oklab(77.27% -0.0941 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(77.27% 0.106 207.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.6110, 48.1016, 72.3075)
Luminance	0.4810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C8D8 #D86353

analogous

#53D8A5 #53C8D8 #5385D8

triadic

#53C8D8 #D853C8 #C8D853

tetradic

#53C8D8 #A553D8 #D86353 #85D853

square

#53C8D8 #A553D8 #D86353 #85D853

split-complementary

#53C8D8 #D85385 #D8A553

monochromatic

#218390 #2CB0C2 #53C8D8 #85D8E3 #B7E8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#53C8D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#53C8D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C8D8

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C8D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C8D8	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C1D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B2D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c8d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 200, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.106 207.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d9e4',
    500: '#53c8d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c8d8;
$custom-light: #91d9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c8d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.218,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77273,
    "c": 0.10623,
    "h": 207.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C8D8

secondary

#DEAFA9

accent

#5542E6

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C8D8

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

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