#53CFD4#53CFD4

#53CFD4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.109 H 198.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CFD4
RGB	rgb(83, 207, 212)
HSL	hsl(182, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(182, 61%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 2.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.81, -32.48, -12.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.81, 34.88, 201.42°)
OKLab	oklab(78.78% -0.103 -0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(78.78% 0.109 198.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.7586, 51.2141, 70.1700)
Luminance	0.5122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CFD4 #D45853

analogous

#53D499 #53CFD4 #538ED4

triadic

#53CFD4 #D453CF #CFD453

tetradic

#53CFD4 #9953D4 #D45853 #8ED453

square

#53CFD4 #9953D4 #D45853 #8ED453

split-complementary

#53CFD4 #D4538E #D49953

monochromatic

#23868A #2FB6BB #53CFD4 #84DDE0 #B5EAEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#53CFD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#53CFD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CFD4

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CFD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CFD4	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C6D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB7D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cfd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 207, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.109 198.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dee1',
    500: '#53cfd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cfd4;
$custom-light: #91dee1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cfd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.326,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78779,
    "c": 0.10887,
    "h": 198.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CFD4

secondary

#903E3B

accent

#4B45E3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CFD4

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

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