#53CDC4#53CDC4

#53CDC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.109 H 188.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CDC4
RGB	rgb(83, 205, 196)
HSL	hsl(176, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(176, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 4.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.75, -35.88, -5.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.75, 36.33, 189.01°)
OKLab	oklab(77.77% -0.1077 -0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(77.77% 0.109 188.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.3580, 49.4835, 59.9017)
Luminance	0.4949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CDC4 #CD535C

analogous

#53CD87 #53CDC4 #5399CD

triadic

#53CDC4 #C453CD #CDC453

tetradic

#53CDC4 #8753CD #CD535C #99CD53

square

#53CDC4 #8753CD #CD535C #99CD53

split-complementary

#53CDC4 #CD5399 #CD8753

monochromatic

#25807A #33B0A7 #53CDC4 #82DBD4 #B2E9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#53CDC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#53CDC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CDC4

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CDC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CDC4	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C3C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB5C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cdc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 205, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.109 188.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90ddd5',
    500: '#53cdc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cdc4;
$custom-light: #90ddd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cdc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.574,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77768,
    "c": 0.10891,
    "h": 188.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CDC4

secondary

#D7A5A9

accent

#4A54DE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CDC4

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

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