#53CDC8#53CDC8

#53CDC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.108 H 191.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CDC8
RGB	rgb(83, 205, 200)
HSL	hsl(178, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(178, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 2.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.86, -34.81, -7.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.86, 35.65, 192.44°)
OKLab	oklab(77.9% -0.106 -0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(77.9% 0.108 191.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.8193, 49.6680, 62.3316)
Luminance	0.4967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CDC8 #CD5358

analogous

#53CD8B #53CDC8 #5395CD

triadic

#53CDC8 #C853CD #CDC853

tetradic

#53CDC8 #8B53CD #CD5358 #95CD53

square

#53CDC8 #8B53CD #CD5358 #95CD53

split-complementary

#53CDC8 #CD5395 #CD8B53

monochromatic

#25807D #33B0AB #53CDC8 #82DBD7 #B2E9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#53CDC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#53CDC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CDC8

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CDC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CDC8	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C3C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB5C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cdc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 205, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.108 191.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dcd8',
    500: '#53cdc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cdc8;
$custom-light: #90dcd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cdc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.541,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77898,
    "c": 0.10813,
    "h": 191.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CDC8

secondary

#D7A5A7

accent

#4A50DE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CDC8

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

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