#53CDC9#53CDC9

#53CDC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.108 H 192.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CDC9
RGB	rgb(83, 205, 201)
HSL	hsl(178, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(178, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.89, -34.54, -8.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.89, 35.50, 193.31°)
OKLab	oklab(77.93% -0.1056 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(77.93% 0.108 192.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.9366, 49.7149, 62.9491)
Luminance	0.4972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CDC9 #CD5357

analogous

#53CD8C #53CDC9 #5394CD

triadic

#53CDC9 #C953CD #CDC953

tetradic

#53CDC9 #8C53CD #CD5357 #94CD53

square

#53CDC9 #8C53CD #CD5357 #94CD53

split-complementary

#53CDC9 #CD5394 #CD8C53

monochromatic

#25807D #33B0AC #53CDC9 #82DBD8 #B2E9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#53CDC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#53CDC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CDC9

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CDC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CDC9	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C3C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB5CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cdc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 205, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.108 192.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dcd9',
    500: '#53cdc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cdc9;
$custom-light: #90dcd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cdc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.033,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77931,
    "c": 0.10799,
    "h": 192.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CDC9

secondary

#D7A5A7

accent

#4A4EDE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CDC9

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

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