#53C8DA#53C8DA

#53C8DA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.107 H 209.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C8DA
RGB	rgb(83, 200, 218)
HSL	hsl(188, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(188, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 8.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.95, -27.39, -18.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.95, 33.20, 214.42°)
OKLab	oklab(77.35% -0.0933 -0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(77.35% 0.107 209.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.8712, 48.2056, 73.6775)
Luminance	0.4821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C8DA #DA6553

analogous

#53DAA9 #53C8DA #5385DA

triadic

#53C8DA #DA53C8 #C8DA53

tetradic

#53C8DA #A953DA #DA6553 #85DA53

square

#53C8DA #A953DA #DA6553 #85DA53

split-complementary

#53C8DA #DA5385 #DAA953

monochromatic

#208493 #2AB1C5 #53C8DA #85D8E5 #B8E8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#53C8DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#53C8DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C8DA

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C8DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C8DA	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C1DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B2DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c8da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 200, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.107 209.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d9e5',
    500: '#53c8da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c8da;
$custom-light: #91d9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c8da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188,
    "s": 64.593,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77347,
    "c": 0.10682,
    "h": 209.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C8DA

secondary

#DFB1AA

accent

#5740E8

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C8DA

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

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