#53C8D9#53C8D9

#53C8D9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.107 H 208.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C8D9
RGB	rgb(83, 200, 217)
HSL	hsl(188, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(188, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 7.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.92, -27.68, -18.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.92, 33.17, 213.44°)
OKLab	oklab(77.31% -0.0937 -0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(77.31% 0.107 208.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.7407, 48.1534, 72.9905)
Luminance	0.4816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C8D9 #D96453

analogous

#53D9A7 #53C8D9 #5385D9

triadic

#53C8D9 #D953C8 #C8D953

tetradic

#53C8D9 #A753D9 #D96453 #85D953

square

#53C8D9 #A753D9 #D96453 #85D953

split-complementary

#53C8D9 #D95385 #D9A753

monochromatic

#208391 #2BB0C4 #53C8D9 #85D8E4 #B7E8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#53C8D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#53C8D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C8D9

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C8D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C8D9	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C1DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B2D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c8d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 200, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.107 208.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d9e4',
    500: '#53c8d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c8d9;
$custom-light: #91d9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c8d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.612,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7731,
    "c": 0.10651,
    "h": 208.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C8D9

secondary

#DEB0AA

accent

#5641E7

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C8D9

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

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