#53CDCF#53CDCF

#53CDCF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.108 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CDCF
RGB	rgb(83, 205, 207)
HSL	hsl(181, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(181, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.07, -32.91, -11.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.07, 34.75, 198.71°)
OKLab	oklab(78.13% -0.103 -0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(78.13% 0.108 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.6562, 50.0028, 66.7391)
Luminance	0.5001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CDCF #CF5553

analogous

#53CF93 #53CDCF #538FCF

triadic

#53CDCF #CF53CD #CDCF53

tetradic

#53CDCF #9353CF #CF5553 #8FCF53

square

#53CDCF #9353CF #CF5553 #8FCF53

split-complementary

#53CDCF #CF538F #CF9353

monochromatic

#258283 #32B1B3 #53CDCF #83DBDC #B3E9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#53CDCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#53CDCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CDCF

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CDCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CDCF	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB5D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cdcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 205, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.108 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dcdd',
    500: '#53cdcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cdcf;
$custom-light: #91dcdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cdcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.968,
    "s": 56.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78133,
    "c": 0.10754,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CDCF

secondary

#8A3D3C

accent

#4B48E0

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CDCF

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

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