#53CDC5#53CDC5

#53CDC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.109 H 189.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CDC5
RGB	rgb(83, 205, 197)
HSL	hsl(176, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(176, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 3.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.78, -35.61, -6.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.78, 36.15, 189.85°)
OKLab	oklab(77.8% -0.1073 -0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(77.8% 0.109 189.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.4722, 49.5292, 60.5032)
Luminance	0.4953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CDC5 #CD535B

analogous

#53CD88 #53CDC5 #5398CD

triadic

#53CDC5 #C553CD #CDC553

tetradic

#53CDC5 #8853CD #CD535B #98CD53

square

#53CDC5 #8853CD #CD535B #98CD53

split-complementary

#53CDC5 #CD5398 #CD8853

monochromatic

#25807A #33B0A8 #53CDC5 #82DBD5 #B2E9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#53CDC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#53CDC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CDC5

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CDC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CDC5	1.00	1.93	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C3C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB5C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cdc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 205, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.109 189.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90ddd6',
    500: '#53cdc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cdc5;
$custom-light: #90ddd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cdc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.066,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77801,
    "c": 0.10869,
    "h": 189.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CDC5

secondary

#D7A5A8

accent

#4A53DE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CDC5

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

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