#53C8DB#53C8DB

#53C8DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.107 H 209.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C8DB
RGB	rgb(83, 200, 219)
HSL	hsl(188, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(188, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 8.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.99, -27.10, -19.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.99, 33.24, 215.40°)
OKLab	oklab(77.39% -0.0929 -0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(77.39% 0.107 209.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.0024, 48.2581, 74.3688)
Luminance	0.4826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C8DB #DB6653

analogous

#53DBAA #53C8DB #5384DB

triadic

#53C8DB #DB53C8 #C8DB53

tetradic

#53C8DB #AA53DB #DB6653 #84DB53

square

#53C8DB #AA53DB #DB6653 #84DB53

split-complementary

#53C8DB #DB5384 #DBAA53

monochromatic

#1F8495 #2AB1C7 #53C8DB #86D8E6 #B8E8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#53C8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#53C8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C8DB

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C8DB	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C1DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B2DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 200, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.107 209.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d9e6',
    500: '#53c8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c8db;
$custom-light: #91d9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.382,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77385,
    "c": 0.10716,
    "h": 209.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C8DB

secondary

#DFB2AA

accent

#573FE8

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C8DB

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

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