#53CDC3#53CDC3

#53CDC3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.109 H 187.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CDC3
RGB	rgb(83, 205, 195)
HSL	hsl(175, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(175, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 4.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.72, -36.14, -5.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.72, 36.51, 188.17°)
OKLab	oklab(77.74% -0.1082 -0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(77.74% 0.109 187.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.2445, 49.4381, 59.3043)
Luminance	0.4944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CDC3 #CD535D

analogous

#53CD86 #53CDC3 #539ACD

triadic

#53CDC3 #C353CD #CDC353

tetradic

#53CDC3 #8653CD #CD535D #9ACD53

square

#53CDC3 #8653CD #CD535D #9ACD53

split-complementary

#53CDC3 #CD539A #CD8653

monochromatic

#258079 #33B0A6 #53CDC3 #82DBD4 #B2E9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#53CDC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#53CDC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CDC3

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CDC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CDC3	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C3C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B5C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cdc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 205, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.109 187.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90ddd5',
    500: '#53cdc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cdc3;
$custom-light: #90ddd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cdc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.082,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77736,
    "c": 0.10915,
    "h": 187.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CDC3

secondary

#D7A5A9

accent

#4A56DE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CDC3

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

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