#53CDC6#53CDC6

#53CDC6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.108 H 189.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CDC6
RGB	rgb(83, 205, 198)
HSL	hsl(177, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(177, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 3.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.81, -35.35, -6.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.81, 35.97, 190.71°)
OKLab	oklab(77.83% -0.1069 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(77.83% 0.108 189.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.5871, 49.5752, 61.1086)
Luminance	0.4958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CDC6 #CD535A

analogous

#53CD89 #53CDC6 #5397CD

triadic

#53CDC6 #C653CD #CDC653

tetradic

#53CDC6 #8953CD #CD535A #97CD53

square

#53CDC6 #8953CD #CD535A #97CD53

split-complementary

#53CDC6 #CD5397 #CD8953

monochromatic

#25807B #33B0A9 #53CDC6 #82DBD6 #B2E9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#53CDC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#53CDC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CDC6

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CDC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CDC6	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C3C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB5C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cdc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 205, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.108 189.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dcd7',
    500: '#53cdc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cdc6;
$custom-light: #90dcd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cdc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.557,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77833,
    "c": 0.10848,
    "h": 189.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CDC6

secondary

#D7A5A8

accent

#4A52DE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CDC6

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

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