#53CDCB#53CDCB

#53CDCB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.108 H 193.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CDCB
RGB	rgb(83, 205, 203)
HSL	hsl(179, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(179, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.95, -34.00, -9.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.95, 35.22, 195.09°)
OKLab	oklab(78% -0.1047 -0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(78% 0.108 193.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.1734, 49.8097, 64.1962)
Luminance	0.4981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CDCB #CD5355

analogous

#53CD8E #53CDCB #5392CD

triadic

#53CDCB #CB53CD #CDCB53

tetradic

#53CDCB #8E53CD #CD5355 #92CD53

square

#53CDCB #8E53CD #CD5355 #92CD53

split-complementary

#53CDCB #CD5392 #CD8E53

monochromatic

#25807F #33B0AE #53CDCB #82DBD9 #B2E9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#53CDCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#53CDCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CDCB

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CDCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CDCB	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C4CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB5CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cdcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 205, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.108 193.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dcda',
    500: '#53cdcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cdcb;
$custom-light: #91dcda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cdcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.016,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77998,
    "c": 0.10776,
    "h": 193.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CDCB

secondary

#D7A5A6

accent

#4A4CDE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CDCB

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

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