#53C8DC#53C8DC

#53C8DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.107 H 210.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C8DC
RGB	rgb(83, 200, 220)
HSL	hsl(189, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(189, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 9.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.02, -26.81, -19.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.02, 33.29, 216.38°)
OKLab	oklab(77.42% -0.0925 -0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(77.42% 0.108 210.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.1345, 48.3109, 75.0642)
Luminance	0.4832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C8DC #DC6753

analogous

#53DCAC #53C8DC #5384DC

triadic

#53C8DC #DC53C8 #C8DC53

tetradic

#53C8DC #AC53DC #DC6753 #84DC53

square

#53C8DC #AC53DC #DC6753 #84DC53

split-complementary

#53C8DC #DC5384 #DCAC53

monochromatic

#1F8596 #29B2C9 #53C8DC #86D8E6 #B9E9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#53C8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#53C8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C8DC

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C8DC	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C1DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B2DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 200, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.107 210.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d9e6',
    500: '#53c8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c8dc;
$custom-light: #92d9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.759,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77423,
    "c": 0.1075,
    "h": 210.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C8DC

secondary

#E0B3AB

accent

#583FE9

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C8DC

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

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