#53CDBC#53CDBC

#53CDBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.111 H 182.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CDBC
RGB	rgb(83, 205, 188)
HSL	hsl(172, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(172, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 8.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.53, -37.96, -1.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.53, 38.00, 182.55°)
OKLab	oklab(77.52% -0.1112 -0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(77.52% 0.111 182.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.4716, 49.1289, 55.2334)
Luminance	0.4913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CDBC #CD5364

analogous

#53CD7F #53CDBC #53A1CD

triadic

#53CDBC #BC53CD #CDBC53

tetradic

#53CDBC #7F53CD #CD5364 #A1CD53

square

#53CDBC #7F53CD #CD5364 #A1CD53

split-complementary

#53CDBC #CD53A1 #CD7F53

monochromatic

#258074 #33B09E #53CDBC #82DBCE #B2E9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#53CDBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#53CDBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CDBC

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CDBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CDBC	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C2BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B4BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cdbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 205, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.111 182.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90ddd0',
    500: '#53cdbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cdbc;
$custom-light: #90ddd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cdbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.639,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77517,
    "c": 0.11137,
    "h": 182.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CDBC

secondary

#D7A5AC

accent

#4A5EDE

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF9

border

#CCD4D2

text

#0E1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CDBC

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

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